We are dedicated to ensuring that our website is accessible to all people. We have taken careful steps to increase the usability of our site by following the guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative.
Access keys allow users to access links without the use of a mouse. For Internet Explorer users, hold down the alt key and the access key that corresponds to the link, once the link has been selected, press the enter key. Firefox users should hold down Shift andthe alt key with the access key corresponding to the link. Opera users can simply hold down shift and escape for a list of all available accesskeys and choose your destination there. Macintosh users should hold down the command key and the desired access key.
Below are the access keys which have been defined for this site.
- (ALT + 0) - Homepage
- (ALT + 1) - Sticky Store
- (ALT + 2) - Kids Stuff
- (ALT + 3) - Grown-up Stuff
- (ALT + 4) - Contact us
- (ALT + 5) - Sitemap
- (ALT + 6) - Terms
- (ALT + 7) - Accessibility
- (ALT + k) - Skip to Body of the Page
All links have been assigned a tab order so that people who do not have a mouse can easily tab through links. In addition, we have avoided using links such as "click here" that do not make sense when read out of context.
There are pictures used throughout the site. Pictures assist those with low literacy levels to understand the text. In addition, each picture has been assigned an "Alt Tag". This means that people who use screen readers will be read a short description of each picture.
At the beginning of each page are invisible pictures designed to assist people who are using screen readers. These can not be seen using a monitor, but they will be the first thing read by screen readers. These pictures link the user to the body of each page so that users do not have to listen to the entire navigation bar as each page is opened.
For consistent page layout, this site uses templates and cascading style sheets. In addition to page consistency, cascading style sheets have the added benefit of allowing users to use their own style sheets to control the appearance font (changing the color, size, style, etc.). This makes the site more user friendly to people with and without disabilities. In addition, headings are programmed correctly to allow people using screen readers to scan the page and identify sections they would like read.
Tables are used in this website only when there is tabular information.
In order to assure that text is readable, the majority of text is placed over a white background.