NCSE Publications Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement

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Accessibility Statement

Website Accessibility Statement

The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is committed to ensuring that this website is accessible to all users, in accordance with the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020.

We are committed to achieving AA standard under WCAG 2.1 guidelines.

This accessibility statement applies to this website only.

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Accessibility Statement

Our compliance status

The native HTML content on this website is compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.

However, some external content hosted or embedded on this website, such as YouTube videos and PDF documents, may not fully conform to accessibility guidelines.

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Non-accessible content

Portable Document Format (PDF): Our website contains many documents that are published as PDFs – which are less accessible than HTML pages for people using assistive technologies. PDFs published before September 23, 2018 are exempt from the scope of the 2020 Regulations.

Alt Text on images: While every effort has been made to apply alt text to images on our website, some images may have been missed. NCSE is committed to ensuring all images used on the website have alt text.

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Accessibility Statement

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 08th April 2026.

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Accessibility Statement

Feedback and Contact Information

We are committed to improving accessibility on our website and welcome feedback on any accessibility barriers you encounter while using our website.

If you experience difficulty accessing any part of the site or need information in an alternative format, please email us at accessofficer@ncse.ie and we will get back to you as soon as possible.