Accessibility

Hillingdon Council is committed to providing information and services to as wide an audience as possible as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). Therefore, this website has been designed to follow web accessibility guidelines issued by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

If you come across a page which is not accessible please let us know.

Listen to this website

This website has been speech-enabled to assist those who find reading web pages difficult.

• Free screen-reading software is available through this website: download Browsealoud.
• Help and advice on how to get and use Browsealoud: download Browsealoud help information.

Reading PDF documents

Adobe Reader (free software) includes a 'Read Out Loud' option which will read a page or a whole document out loud on any website or on your computer. Read more and download Adober Reader »

Text size

Website text can be enlarged or reduced. Using the 'view' menu in your web browser, the text size (or font size) can be changed to suit your preference. There may also be buttons on the toolbar of the browser to enlarge and reduce the text size. For further advice go to the assistance with text size page on this website.

Contrast and colour

Increased contrast is used between background and text to ease readability. You can also change the website appearance.

Certain colour combinations are avoided to avoid difficulties arising from colour blindness. According to the Royal National Institute for the Blind, one in five males in Britain suffer some form of colour blindness (knowingly or unknowingly).

Frames

We do not use frames - some speech synthesizers get confused when finding web pages which use frames.

Images and 'alt' text

Alternative text is used to describe the content of images on this website. This is useful for text-based browsers and for users with visual impairments.

Access keys

Access key can be used on this website. These are quick keyboard shortcuts to get to common links of interest. Read more about access keys »

Tab keys

It is possible to move through Hillingdon website pages using the keyboard 'tab' button. It is also possible to navigate through forms on this website using the 'tab' key.