Accessibility Policy

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We strive to make our website as accessible and usable as possible. We do this by following Section 508 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) produced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C, the web’s governing body).

The W3C bases WCAG around four principles of accessibility. Any web page or document that isn’t using accessibility practices to eliminate barriers for the four principles is considered inaccessible to people with disabilities. We aim for AA compliance across our site, as defined by Section 508.

The Four Principles of Accessibility

  • Perceivable: The contents of the page must be detectable to everyone, no matter what their disability. In our case, text resizes according to user preference and images have alternative text.
  • Operable: All users must be able to interact with the components of the page. A website must not provide buttons that can only be clicked by using a mouse, since some people with disabilities can’t use a mouse, and instead use a keyboard, voice control or some other interface. In our case, buttons are labeled and tabbed Headings are correctly used.
  • Understandable: All users must be able to understand the meaning of the information on the page, as well as the instructions for interacting with the page’s components. In our case, color contrast between the foreground and background is sufficiently strong. Adequate descriptions are provided for clickable links.
  • Robust: No matter what a web page looks like or what it contains, it has to remain able to be used and understood on a wide variety of devices using a wide range of assistive technologies like screen readers. In our case, adequate touch areas are provided for links.

If you have any type of disability, we recommend that you visit the FCC Accessibility Clearinghouse and the Access Board website. You’ll find expert advice such as alternative screen readers, screen magnifiers, and other devices that can make using a computer easier and more enjoyable.

We also recommend that you visit AbilityNet’s My Computer My Way, which provides advice on making your computer accessible.

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We are always working to improve! If you have a problem using our site, please contact us and provide the URL (web address) of the page you tried to access along with the problem you had and the device you were using. We will do our best to fix it and provide you with the information you need.