Accessibility
This website has been designed to be both accessible and compatible with common adaptive technologies used by visitors with disabilities, including screen readers and screen enlarging software. To improve accessibility we have developed the website, wherever possible, in accordance with guidelines recommended by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
We continue to test and modify this website against accessibility guidelines. If you would like further information about our accessibility standards or have problems accessing this website, please contact Kids Company.
Navigating the website
The Peace of Mind website is innovative in its structure, however, we have endeavoured to make sure that the content that is laid out in an easy-to-navigate way. To navigate through this website, please use the navigation tabs at the top, bottom, right and left of the browser window.
You will also find index pages for each sub-section of the website, containing information about the content featured in that sub-section. These sub-sections appear as tabs at the top of each page.
Inside the virtual brain
The virtual brain is primarily a visual and interactive experience which means that Adobe Flash technologies have been used in its development.
A fully accessible HTML version of the Flash based virtual brain is available if Flash is disabled or if navigating the website via a screen reader.
The virtual brain is divided into 16 sections, each of these is colour coded and can be reached by clicking on a colour at the top of the screen of by navigating left or right.
Left, right, up and down navigation is achieved by clicking on the arrow keys within the interface or on your computers keyboard.
The magnifier icons ( + and -) can be used to zoom in and out of the virtual brain.
Browser settings
All contextual images used in this website incorporate brief alternate text descriptions readable by common adaptive technologies, such as screen readers (via ALT attributes). Purely decorative graphics may not incorporate such descriptions (i.e. empty ALT attributes). Complex images may include more meaningful descriptions via LONGDESC attributes or captions to explain the significance of each image to screen readers.
Browser settings
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
- On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
- Click on the three boxes to show ticks
- Click 'OK' to enlarge text
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
- On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
- Tick the 'Ignore font sizes specified on web pages' check box
- Click 'OK'
- On the browser menu select 'View'
- Click 'Text size'
- Choose the size of text
To change text colour
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
- On the General tab, select 'Colour'
- Deselect the 'Use Windows colours' tick box
- Select the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour
- Click 'OK'
To prevent graphics and images appearing
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
- On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading
- Deselect the graphics options 'Animations', 'Videos', 'Pictures' and 'Images' by clicking on the boxes to
- Click 'Apply' then 'OK'
To prevent graphics and images appearing
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
- On the Advanced tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading
- Deselect the graphics options 'Animations', 'Videos', 'Pictures' and 'Images' by clicking on the boxes to
- Click 'Apply' then 'OK'
To change the size of the window
- On the browser View menu select 'Full screen' or press F11.
To change the colour of links displayed on a screen
- On the browser Tools menu select 'Internet Options'
- On the General tab, select 'Accessibility'
- Click on 'Select ignore colours specified on Web pages' (should contain a tick)
- Click 'OK'
- Select 'General' tab and click on 'Colours'
- Turn off the 'Use hover colours' tick box (should not contain a tick)
- Select 'Visited' and choose the colour that suits you best, click 'OK'
- Select 'Not Visited' and choose the colour that suits you best, click 'OK'
- Select 'OK' for 'Colours'
- Select 'OK' for 'Internet Options'