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Accessibility
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Goals |
This Web site
strives to ensure that its design meets or exceeds the accessibility
requirements outlined in Section
508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
This
Web site has successfully passed the Section 508 accessibility
tests of UsableNet,
which strives to standardize accessibility format across
corporate, government, and educational Web sites.
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Site
Design Guidelines |
We strive
to meet or exceed accessibility requirements in the following
areas:
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Images. This
Web site provides equivalent text for images that convey
information.
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Multimedia. This
Web site limits the use of multimedia (i.e., presentations
that include components such as text, graphics, video, animation,
and sound), and, where multimedia is used, the site provides
equivalent text for the presentation.
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Color. This
Web site does not rely on color to convey information.
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Style
sheets. This Web site does not require associated style
sheets (i.e., pre-designated templates that define the
layout of a Web page) to be viewed.
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Image
maps. This Web site provides equivalent text for images
(e.g., navigation bars) that perform functions when selected
(e.g., open a new window, navigate through the site).
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Tables. This
Web site provides row and column headers for data tables.
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Frames. This
Web site does not include frames (i.e., separate sections
of the display area that are generated from different Web
pages).
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Motion. This
Web site sites does not include motion that causes the screen
to flicker outside an acceptable range (i.e., higher than
2Hz and lower than 55Hz).
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Text-only
pages. This Web site follows HRSA guidance in adding
links to the Adobe Acrobat Accessibility site to
provide users with a tool for converting PDF files to HTML.
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Scripts. This
Web site identifies the functionality of any scripting languages
(e.g., Java and Javascript) used to display content or to
create interface elements.
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Applets
and plug-ins. This Web site avoids the use of applets
(i.e., programs designed to be executed from within another
program) and plug-ins (i.e., programs that add features
to a standard browser), and, when such programs are used,
the site includes links to external Web sites that provide
such applets or plug-ins via download.
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Forms. This
Web site allows for easy access to and completion of forms.
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Accessibility
Assistance |
If you need
information from this Web page that is not easily accessible,
choose one of the following two options:
(1) Use
access.adobe.com
If you are unable to access Adobe Acrobat PDF files on this Web site,
type the URL of the inaccessible file into the Adobe Acrobat Accessibility
site:
and convert
the PDF file to an HTML format that your screen reader can
read.
(2) E-mail the Webmaster
If you experience problems converting PDF files to an HTML format that
your screen reader can read, e-mail our Webmaster with the URL of the page
you wish to access, the technology you are using, and your phone number
and e-mail address. We will work with you to make the files available in
a format you can use.
(3) Change
the font size
If you are having difficulties reading the text of this site because of
font size, please read on how to change the way your Web brower can adjust
the size of your fonts.
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