About Accessibility

We are proud that our website is accessible to people with and without disabilities. The information below describes how to use the site's accessibility features.

Access Keys

Most browsers support the use of Access Keys, whereby the user can go to specific links by typing keys defined within the code of the website.

To use Access keys on Windows, press ALT + an Access key. To use Access keys on a Macintosh, press CONTROL + an Access key.

Use of the Access key is the same as moving your mouse or cursor to a particular link. To go to the linked page, press ENTER. Pressing enter is the same as clicking on the link.

This website uses the following Access Keys:

• Access Key Y moves to the About link
• Access Key R moves to the Resources link
• Access Key P moves to the Programs link
• Access Key A moves to the Jewish Disability Awareness Month link
• Access Key N moves to the Newsletter link
• Access Key J moves to the Join link
• Access Key V moves to the Volunteer link
• Access Key D moves to the Donate link
• Access Key H moves to the Home link

Standards Compliance

This website has been designed to comply with U.S. Section 508 of the Rehabilitatin Act of 1973 standards to achieve maximum compatibility and accessibility.

Please help us to improve the accessibility of this website by notifying the Director, Leah Abrams of any problems you may be experiencing with this website or with suggestions for improved accessibility.

• All pages have been designed to be compliant with the revised Section 508 (1998) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Pages have been validated through Bobby and through PIAT (Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology).
• All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional
• All style sheets have been validated thorough The WDG (Web Design Group)
• This website does link to PDF documents on other websites, and those PDF documents may not comply with US Section 508 Guidelines. The Yesodot Newsletter is a PDF document and may not comply with US Section 508 Guidelines.
• This website uses very little Javascript. Where JavaScript exists, there are alternative means of performing the same function without the use of JavaScript.
• This site uses a color blind safe palette. There are no greens or reds used on this website.

Visual Layout

This site uses cascading style sheet for the visual layout of the website. The site is fully functional without the style sheets and has been designed to linearize to maximize accessible usage.

• Linearization has been validated using the Lynx Viewer.
• If your browser or assistive device does not support style sheets, this site will be fully functional.
• A separate style sheet is used for Netscape Navigator 4.x.
• Style sheets used for this website use only relative font sizes.