NCIP Hub Accessibility
Contents
NCIP Hub Accessibility Statement
HUBZero Accessibility - An Open Commitment
Guidelines, Standards and Testing
NCIP Hub Accessibility Statement
NCIP Hub serves all users, including those with disabilities, by providing guidance and best practices as well as specific disability support. While we make every effort to ensure that the pages we design and maintain are accessible to all, the accessibility of community contributed content is beyond our control. We encourage members to format their content contributions so that they are accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities. Resources are available to make contributions accessible.
If you use special adaptive equipment to access the Web and encounter problems accessing NCIP Hub, please let us know. We will try to provide the information to you in an alternate format. Persons with disabilities experiencing problems accessing the content should contact NCIP Hub staff by submitting a support ticket, via a web form at contact us or directly via email at support@nciphub.org.
HUBzero Accessibility - An Open Commitment
NCIP Hub is powered by HUBzero®, a Purdue open-source project. HUBzero® is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. HUBzero is actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and in doing so adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines.
Guidelines, Standards and Testing
HUBzero® has been developed using the following:
- Section 508
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This website endeavors to meet or exceed the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
- WCAG 2.0
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This website endeavors to conform to level AA standards, and where possible strive for AAA, as defined by W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. These guidelines provide web authors and designers with recommendations to help provide website content that is accessible to all users.
- Coding Standards
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Pages on this site have been authored to be compliant with current W3C standards for HTML (XHTML 1.0 Strict) and CSS. Standards-compliant code helps to ensure that visitors using assistive technologies (such as screen readers) are able to access the site contents.
- Additional Testing
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In addition to reviewing for compliance with the standards noted above, we periodically test with such technologies as the Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool, AChecker, and try to test with a range of assistive technologies (e.g., JAWS and WindowEyes screen readers). We also appreciate any input from third parties and assistive technology users from the community.
Understanding Section 508
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1998, requires that federal agencies make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Specifically, Section 508 requires that when federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, all users of the resources have comparable access to it. This may involve accommodating people with disabilities so that they can access federal information and data.
The legal requirements of Section 508 are defined by a series of laws, regulations, and standards. In addition, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) works with organizations around the world to evolve strategies, guidelines, resources, recommendations, and ultimately new, improved standards to help make the Web more accessible to people with disabilities. The resulting W3C recommendations for standards may eventually become part of a revised set of standards for Section 508 law. Section508.gov provides information on the standards, regulations and laws pertaining to Section 508. The Web Accessibility Initiative is a body of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) dedicated to discussing and setting standards for Web accessibility.
Accessibility Resources
HHS Guidelines to Making Documents and Content Accessible
Videos and Templates to Make Content Accessible
Creating Structured MS Word Documents for Improved Accessibility
Making Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
Approaches to PDF Accessibility
Adobe Acrobat Training Resources
Invisible Content for Screen Readers
A Matrix of Disabilities to be Considered when Designing for Accessibility