While Firefox and Opera can scale any type of text,
Internet Explorer can only scale relative units. The accessibility statement does not
have to include a diatribe espousing the merits of relative font sizing, but it should
instruct users on how to take advantage of it using browsers??™ built-in font-sizing
options. Similarly, if there is a style sheet switcher that adjusts font sizes, explain
how to use it.
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Define abbreviations and acronyms: Just about every industry has its own sublanguage
of abbreviations and acronyms, which can look like ancient Latin to visitors
not fully comfortable in the vernacular. For this reason, an accessibility statement
should spell these out, and if possible, offer a short explanation of each.
Declare standards compliance: This is not very interesting to most visitors, but
there are the occasional trainspotters who care about things like the W3C, WCAG,
Section 508, and other government regulations, and what version of XHTML the
site is running. This section is for them.
Offer additional resources: Many people reading your accessibility statement have
no disabilities at all, and have stopped by simply out of curiosity.
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