reachAbility's Accessibility Statement
reachAbility is committed to making sure that its web site is as accessible as possible to disabled people, it is based on web standards on accessibility and conforms to WCAG 1.0, Section 508.
Accessibility Bar
An accessibility bar 
is placed on each page to increase the text size and/or change the contrast of the background with links to this statement and the pagetop. **Quick Tip: If you have a scroll mouse; hold the Ctrl key and scroll up or down to change text size on the screen.
Access Keys
Access keys provide keyboard shortcuts to go to different pages of the web site and to different parts of a web page. For example using the #2 key skips navigation and goes straight to the content.
| Access Key | Web Page Result |
|---|---|
| 0 | This Accessibility Page |
| 1 | Home Page |
| 2 | 'Skip to main content' link |
| 3 | Link to site map |
| Browser | What to do |
| Internet Explorer 5+ (PC) | Hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER |
| Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key |
| Internet Explorer 4 (PC) | Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key |
| Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac) | Access keys are not supported |
| Firefox, Mozilla (PC) | Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (Mac) | Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key |
| **Firefox, Mozilla 2.0+ | Hold down the ALT + Shift key and press the number of the access key |
| Opera | Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the access key |
| Netscape 6 and earlier | Access keys are not supported |
| Netscape 7 (PC) | Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key |
Forms
Forms on this site use Tab Index to assist in "tabbing" through the form in a logical order.
Internal Browser Options
Windows Operating System
Internet Explorer (version 6 tested)
Change text size: View > Text Size [Medium is default]
Additional options can be found in Tools > Internet Options > General > Accessibility
- Ignore colours specified on Web pages
- Ignore font styles specified on Web pages
- Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages
- Use your own Style Sheet
Mozilla/FireFox (version 2 tested) and Netscape (version 8 tested)
Change text size: View > Text Size [Increase (Ctrl+), Decrease (Ctrl-), Normal (Ctrl 0)]
Change Page Style: View> Page Style [No Style / Basic Page Style]
*reachAbility has three Styles
- Default
- Large Text
- High Visibility
Opera (version 9 tested)
Change text size: View > Zoom [Increase (Ctrl+), Decrease (Ctrl-)]
Opera offers the most standard options among all browsers
- 50%, 80%, 90%
- 100%, 120%, 150%, 200%
- Using the minus(-) or plus(+) keys increase or decrease by 10%
- Using Ctrl & (+) or (-) will increase or decrease font size by 100%
Change Page Style: View> Style [Author Mode / User Mode]
Author mode offers the styles set by the web site creator
User modes offers you many options to choose from. Listed below
- Accessibility Layout
- Debug with Outline
- Disable Tables
- Emulate Text Browser
- Hide non-linking images
- High Contrast (b/w)
- High Contrast (w/b)
- Nostalgia [like old DOS computers]
- Show Images and links only
- Show structural elements
This site uses related links that are used by text readers and can be accessed with Opera. It acts as a quick way to tab or click your way through the whole web site. For more information about Opera's various options visit their site at: http://help.opera.com/Windows/9.20/en/ or the main site at: http://www.opera.com/
Standards compliance
- Pages on this site have been
- Bobby (watchfire-WebExact) AA approved, complying WCAG guidelines.
- WCAG AA approved, complying with at least Priority 2.
- Section 508 approved, complying with the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines.
- All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.
- Many guidelines of automated validation services require manual inspection; and these pages adhere to the guidelines relevant to the content.
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