Accessibility
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.
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 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 NHS
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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