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QO Web Validation and Accessibility
Making our Pages Accessible to all Visitors
We take the responsibility of delivering our content in an accessible manner very seriously. We understand that there are people with disabilities who would very much like access to our information. This is why we make every effort to develop pages that are accessible (as defined by the section 508 website of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines). Though following these guidelines does not ensure that everyone with a disability will be able to view our content, it does mean that much more of our content will be available than would have been had we done nothing.
Each page in our site is also available in a text only version. You can access the text version of our site by clicking on the "text only" link at the top of any page. To turn the styles back on, just click on the "style" link.
Many of our pages are accessible without the use of your mouse. Holding the alt key while pressing the designated letter will give you access to that section of the web page. Here are some examples:
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Section 508 Compliancy Validation
Each page is created with accessibility in mind. This is why every effort is made to ensure that pages measure up to section 508 guidelines. Each page is tested using Cynthia® Tested software. To see whether or not an individual page meets section 508 accessibility guidelines, locate and click the 508 link at the bottom of any page. Don't know why accessibility is important? Check out the links in the content navigation box.
XHTML 1.0 Strict Validation
Each page is created with standards in mind. This means each page is checked after any change to make sure it has valid markup. To validate an individual page's XHTML code locate and click the XHTML link at the bottom of any page. Don't know what validation and standards are? Check out the links on the right.
CSS Validation
Select a CSS document to check its validity.
It is the goal of our web team to keep presentation and content completely separate with each page we make (semantic HTML). In order to aide this goal every effort is made to ensure that the style sheets we use are correct and valid. This is why each style sheet is tested using the W3C CSS validation software. Don't know what CSS is? Check out the links on the right.
Homepage Index CSS document. Click on the link provided to see if the style sheet validates:
