Accessibility
The National
Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center at Georgetown
University (OHRC) strives to ensure that this website meets
or exceeds the accessibility requirements outlined in Section
508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
If you need information from a OHRC Web page that is not easily accessible,
choose one of the following two options:
- Use
Adobe's online conversion tool for PDF documents
If you are unable to access PDF files on the resource
center Website, use the Adobe
Acrobat™ Accessibility website (access.adobe.com/access),
to convert the PDF
file to an HTML or text format that your screen reader can read.
- 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.
In accordance
with current Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
standards (http://www.hrsa.gov/508access.htm),
our goal is to improve accessibility to users with visual, motor,
or cognitive disabilities. We strive to meet or exceed accessibility
requirements in the following areas:
- Images. The
OHRC website provides equivalent text for images that convey
information.
- Multimedia. The
OHRC website 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.
- Color. The
OHRC website does not rely on color to convey information.
- Style
sheets. The OHRC website does not require associated
style sheets (i.e., pre-designated templates that define
the layout of a Web page) to be viewed.
- Image
maps. The OHRC website provides equivalent text for
images (e.g., navigation bars) that perform functions when
selected (e.g., open a new window, navigate through the site).
- Tables. The
OHRC website provides row and column headers for data tables.
- Frames. The
OHRC website does not include frames (i.e., separate sections
of the display area that are generated from different Web pages).
- Motion. The
OHRC website sites does not include motion that causes the
screen to flicker outside an acceptable range (i.e., higher
than 2Hz and lower than 55Hz).
- Text-only
pages. The OHRC website follows HRSA guidance in adding
links to the Adobe Acrobat™ Accessibility site to provide
users with a tool for converting PDF files to HTML.
- Scripts. The
OHRC website identifies the functionality of any scripting
languages (e.g., Java and Javascript) used to display content
or to create interface elements.
- Applets
and plug-ins. The OHRC website 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 websites that provide such
applets or plug-ins via download.
- Forms. The
OHRC website allows for easy access to and completion of forms.
If you have
comments or suggestions about the accessibility of the OHRC website, please e-mail
the Webmaster.
