ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

If you have a disability and the format of any material on our website interferes with your ability to access some information contained on our site, please email us at info@childrensdatahub.org. We will refer your request to the appropriate person or program for assistance. To help us respond in a manner that will be most helpful to you, please indicate the nature of the accessibility need, your preferred format (electronic format, large print, etc.) a description and web address of the requested material, and your full contact information so we can reach you if questions arise while fulfilling your request.

Section 508 Background Information

US Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act in 1988, requiring Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology can affect an individual’s ability to interact with information quickly and easily. Section 508 was implemented to remove barriers in the world of information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals.

Section 508 Implementation

This website, “childrensdatahub.org,” follows the County of San Diego that strives to achieve web accessibility for persons with disabilities by implementing Section 508. Section 508 guidance also recommends that efforts be made to comply with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards. This website also works toward meeting these standards.

Section 508 Criteria

Section 508 criteria for web-based technology mainly support access for people with vision impairments who rely on assistance to access computer-based information, such as screen readers, which translate what’s on a computer screen into automated audible output, and refreshable Braille displays. Verbal tags, graphics identification, and style labeling, are necessary so that these devices can “read” them for the user in a sensible way. Section 508 also promotes the usability of multimedia presentations, image maps, style sheets, scripting languages, applets and plug-ins, and electronic forms. Moreover, Section 508 ensures the availability of all web mediums in an alternate accessible format.

Applications for Documents

Document Viewers

The following applications may be used to open some commonly-used document types:

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