Website Accessibility

The Disability Rights Ohio website is in compliance with the accessibility standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. These standards are detailed in Section 1994.22 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Web-based intranet and internet information and applications). Disability Rights Ohio also follows the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 which are standards created by the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). WCAG 2.0 compliance levels are described as Level A, Level AA, or Level AAA. The LRS Web site conforms to all Success Criteria of Level A, and many of the Success Criteria for Level AA and Level AAA. The technologies that the site's content relies upon are: XHTML 1.1, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Portable Document Format (PDF). (WCAG conformance statement initially made July 2004; revised April 2010)

Disability Rights Ohio continually assesses the pages of the Disability Rights Ohio website for usability and accessibility. Whenever possible, PDF documents are provided in an XHTML format. Web site visitors also have the ability to change the size of the site's text.

Disability Rights Ohio welcomes your comments about the usability and accessibility of its website. If you are having a problem accessing any part of the Disability Rights Ohio website, or would like to send us your comments or suggestions, please contact us.