Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
'Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.'

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• Provide text equivalents for all non-text page elements.
• Keep text alternatives to any multimedia components in sync with multimedia version.
• Make sure any information conveyed through color is also available without color.
• Provide row and column headers for all data tables.
• Make pages readable without requiring a style sheet.
• Use client side image-maps except where regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.
• Provide a readable description of any interface elements created by scripting languages.
• Provide a method for skipping repetitive navigation links
• For online forms, identify all field titles and input elements, and ensure that all directions, cues, features or functions required to complete the form will work with assistive technology

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