AXA Partners' accessibility statement for a more inclusive web

AXA  is committed to making the information on this website accessible to all, regardless of ability. This statement outlines the provisions we have made to ensure a high standard of accessibility throughout this web site.

Worldwide standard compliance

  • The majority of the pages on this site are WCAG AA approved, complying with all priority 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. (http://www.w3.org/WAI/).
  • All pages on this site comply with the Irish National Disability Authority IT Accessibility Guidelines. (http://accessit.nda.ie/)
  • All pages on this site are Section 508 approved, complying with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines. (http://www.section508.gov/)
  • The majority of pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
  • All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles.

Images

  • All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT tag. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.

Visual Design

  • This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
  • This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers

Accessibility references we used

  • W3C accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
  • W3C accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
  • W3C accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
  • French National Disability Authority IT accessibility guidelines (AFIPH)
  • U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.

Accessibility Softwares we recommend

  • JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
  • Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.
  • Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
  • Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.