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Goals
Our
goal is to provide information to educational institutions
training
individuals to work with, or assist, persons facing barriers
in achieving their potential at school, the workplace, or
at leisure.
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.
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.
Accessibility Assistance
If you need information from a Teaching AT 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 the Teaching
AT 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 Teaching AT 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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