Date of statement: May 15, 2010
Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.
The pages on this site define the following access keys:
- Access key 1 - Home page
- Access key 2 - Who we are
- Access key 3 - Why Grey Bruce
- Access key 4 - Finding your way around the region
- Access key 5 - Finding Employment
- Access key 6 - Please give us your Feedback
- Access key 7 - Show me a map of the area (available on the Finding your way around the region page)
- Access key 7 - All healthcare positions with us (available on the Finding Employment page)
- Access key 8 - Non healthcare positions (available on the Finding Employment page)
- Access key 8 -Living and Working in Grey and Bruce (available on the Finding your way around the region page)
- Access key 0 - Accessibility statement
Standards compliance
- All pages on this site are WCAG A approved, complying with all the Level A Success Criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 This is a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
- All pages on this site are XHTML 1.0 Transitional. A program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid XHTML. For example, check the home page for validity.
Links
- Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
- Links are written to make sense out of context.
Images
- All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.
- Complex images include LONGDESC attributes or inline descriptions to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers.
Visual design
- This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
- This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
- If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
Accessibility references
Accessibility software
- JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
- Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
- Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
- Opera, a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.
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