Accessibility Standards Checklist

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  1. Read the Accessibility Standards and plan your design accordingly.
  2. Review each of your Web pages against the Standards Checklist below.
  3. Test your pages to evaluate accessibility compliance.
  4. Complete the Standards Checklist, noting whether or not the requirements are satisfied, and any notations or problems.

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Compliance Requirements: Section 508
Requirements Satisfied?
Y or N 		Exceptions/Notations

a.) Text Tags

Use the alt="a description" attribute for every non-text element. Use alt="" for images that are redundant or have no meaning.

    

b.) Multimedia

Provide equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation.

    

c.) Color and Context/Markup

Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color.

    

d.) Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet.

    

e.) Server-side Image Maps

Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map.

    

f.) Client-Side Image Maps

Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.

    

g.) & h.) Data Tables

Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables.

Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers.

    

i.) Frames

Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation.

    

j.) Flicker Rate

Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.

    

k.) Text-Only Alternative

A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of these standards, when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.

    

l.) Scripts

When pages utilize scripting languages to display content, or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that can be read by assistive technology.

    

m.) Applets and Plug-Ins

When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or other application be present on the client system to interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a) through (l).

    

n.) Electronic Forms

When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues.

    

o.) Navigation Links

A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links.

    

p.) Time Delays

When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.