Accessibility Statement
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) attempts to make this website accessible to everyone. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please contact DTTL, as the organization is continually striving to improve the experience for all visitors.
Standards compliance
All pages on this site attempt to follow guidelines set forth in the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) at all times.
All pages on this site strive to validate as XHTML Transitional or HTML5.
Most pages on this site use structured, semantic markup to aid in page comprehension. For example, h1 tags are used for main titles, h2 tags for subtitles, etc.
Images
Unless they are purely decorative items, most images used on this web site have suitable alt attributes.
Content should be usable/accessible with images "off" (disabled).
Links
Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target.
Links are written in a manner designed to make sense out of context.
Forms
DTTL attempts to have all form controls appropriately and explicitly labeled.
Scripts
DTTL attempts to use unobtrusive client-side scripts whenever possible. If scripting is not present, portions of the site should degrade gracefully.
Visual design
This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
This site mostly uses 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 should still be readable.
Any information conveyed through the use of color should also be available without color (i.e. text based).
How to modify this site to fit your needs
These links explain the many ways you can make the web more accessible to you.
Windows users
Mac users
Linux users
Accessibility references
W3C accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
W3C accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
W3C accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
Accessibility software
NVDA, a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A 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.
Accessibility tools & services
HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
WAVE, a Firefox add-on which allows one to review the accessibility of their page.
Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
Lynx Viewer, a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx.
Related resources
WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility of online learning materials.
Designing More Usable Web Sites, a large list of additional resources.
The information contained in this Accessibility Statement is intended to provide general information and is not intended to constitute legal, accounting, tax, investment, consulting, or other professional advice or services. Before making any decision or taking any action that might affect your personal finances or business, you should consult a qualified professional advisor.
This Accessibility Statement is provided "as is" and without any express or implied representations or warranties regarding it. Without limiting the foregoing, there is no warranty that this Accessibility Statement will be error-free or will meet any particular criteria of performance or quality. All implied warranties are expressly disclaimed, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security, and accuracy.
Your use of the information in this accessibility statement is at your own risk and you assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from the use thereof. None of deloitte touche tohmatsu limited, or any of its member firms, or any of its or their related entities (collectively, the "deloitte network") will be liable for any direct, special, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages or any other damages whatsoever, whether in an action of contract, statute, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), or otherwise, relating to this Accessibility Statement.
Certain links in this Accessibility Statement lead to resources maintained by third parties over whom no entity within the Deloitte Network has any control and therefore no entity in the Deloitte Network makes any representations or warranties as to the accuracy of, or any other aspect relating to, those resources.
If any of the foregoing is not fully enforceable for any reason, the remainder shall nonetheless continue to apply.
Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and its member firms.
Note: This site is driven by a content management system and is therefore at risk of having an inaccessible page created from time to time, however, reasonable attempts are made to educate our administrators on creating more accessible pages.