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Equal access for all
King County is committed to ensuring equal access to all its programs and
services, including its web site. In an effort to ensure equal access, King County
established comprehensive guidelines for its web site designers so that
information featured on its web site is accessible to all individuals, including
individuals with disabilities, as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
While not every need can be anticipated nor every barrier avoided, there are
some key issues we've tried to address in an effort to maximize accessibility of
our site:
- Simple, consistent page layout and standard navigation throughout the site
to assist people with learning disabilities and others who may have difficulty
following less organized presentations.
- Mandatory white page backgrounds to provide contrast for users with
low vision or colorblindness.
- Standard HTML ensuring that site content can be accessed by all
browsers.
- Use of ALT tags making alternative text information available for graphical
features.
- Menu alternatives for image maps to ensure that embedded links are
accessible for readers using text-based browsers.
- Smart use of tables, ensuring that tables are formatted so as to be
accessible by non-standard browsers.
- Limited use of frames.
- Limited use of applets and plug-ins.
Want to learn more about web access at King County? Contact the Office of Civil Rights at (206) 296-7592 or (206) 296-7596 TTY or by e-mail at
Civil-Rights.OCR@kingcounty.gov
or see the web page at http://www.metrokc.gov/dias/ocre/
Have questions about web access on our web site or suggestions on how we can
improve? Use our online feedback form.
Updated: April 3, 2002
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