The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (504) require that qualified individuals be provided equal access to programs, services, and activities. California Government Code 11135 applies Section 508 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, as amended in 1998, to State entities and to the California State University (CSU) System. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make new opportunities available to people with disabilities and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. The California State University System statement on accessibility is articulated in Executive Order 926.
Below are the compliance standards used in support of the federal and state legislation as well as the CSU Policy:
- Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act
- California State University Accessible Technology Initiative Accessibility Requirements (these are a combination of Section 508 and WCAG 2.0)
Key accessibility features include:
- Alternative text descriptions for meaningful non-text elements.
- Structural markup to identify headings and lists.
- Association of form fields with proper labels.
- Association of all data cells in a data table with column and row headers.
- Sites that working with or without Style Sheets used to enhance the appearance of sites.
Web evaluations are conducted to report problems regarding the accessibility and usability of web applications within the CSUN web environment. Some testing is done on individual department web sites and all campus areas are trained on compliance standards.
- The HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff Accessibility Module is used to conduct regular tests within the CSUN web domain. Additional manual testing is conducted as needed based on the findings.
- The Universal Design Center also provides more extensive testing on enterprise level products purchased, promoted, or supported by campus.
To report accessibility or usability problems, please contact the webpage owner. You may also contact the Universal Design Center to report any accessibility or usability problems, and to suggest web page improvements. We value the insights and ideas you may share as a visitor to these web pages.