Accessibility

This web site is designed and coded with the goal of making it accessible to everyone. This page provides information on specific features that facilitate access.

Using the Features of this Site

Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigation

Several shortcut keys have been defined to enable navigation within and between pages of this site. To use these shortcut keys on a PC, hold down the ALT key (some browsers require Shift+ALT) or CONTROL key (Apple Macintosh) and then one of the keys in the list below. Most browsers require you to confirm your choice by pressing the Enter key.

The following shortcuts are available:

Key	Destination Description
A	about NOSORH
V	accessibility features
C	contact page
D	disclaimer
E	educational exchange
H	home page
M	member resources
N	news and events
O	other resources
P	policy
R	regions and offices
S	search
I	site map
K	skip to the body (content) portion of the page
L	privacy policy

Skip Links

Each page of this site begins with a link that enables you to skip past the navigation links directly to the content of the page. The link is not visible because it is a one pixel by one pixel transparent image.

Plug-in Downloads

Use this link to download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat. This will allow you to view the PDF documents on this site.

Alternately, you can use this link to convert PDFs to HTML "on-the-fly."

Additional Features

Standards

This site has been tested against the accessibility standards established by the U.S. Federal government's Section 508 and the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Compliance was tested using UsableNet's 508 Accessibility Suite for Dreamweaver, Bobby, and manual testing.

Keyboard Accessibility

This site can be navigated solely with the keyboard.

Compatibility

This site has been tested on a PC platform on various versions of Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla, and Lynx browsers.