Accessibility Features of This Site

This web site has been designed with a view to making the information accessible to all users, including persons with disabilities who use adaptive technologies to receive and disseminate information. We encourage accessible Internet site development and maintenance and invite your comments and suggestions for improvement of the accessibility of this site.

Access Keys
The following 3 Access Keys have been enabled mainly for use with Screen Readers and PDAs:

• Access Key M -To have easy access to the Common Menu Bar at all times, just press ALT+M and press the TAB key once.

• Access Key X - Skip over the Common navigation bar to the Side Navigation bar. To skip the Common Menu Bar at all times, press ALT+X and then press the enter key.

• Access Key Z - Skip over all navigation bars directly to the content. To skip all the Menu Bars at all times to go directly to the content, press ALT+Z and then press the enter key.

Please note that how the Access Keys work differs between browsers, as well as which keys are used depends on the platform. For example, Internet Explorer uses "ALT" M - since "ALT" is a Microsoft standard for Access Keys, another platform may use a different key altogether.

Internal page links
Internal page links that allow you to move between content sections of the page while tabbing through links.

Text equivalents for images and graphical buttons
ALT tags for all non-textual elements on the page and LONGDESC tags for information about graphs and complex objects.

Templates
Consistent template design that helps screen readers identify common elements on the page and locate the beginning of a core document.

Form lables
Labels allow the user to read and use forms effectively.