The creators of this guide are making efforts to improve access to this information. If you have any suggestions or requests for considerations that could make this website more accessible, please contact Thinking Outside the Box at Accessibility@totb.ca
This web site has been constructed using standards-compliant XHTML, ASP and CSS. Our web development team has endeavored to follow the guidelines set forth by the World Wide Web Consortium www.w3.org
Coding is checked for compliance using the validation tools provided at www.w3.org as well as the University of Toronto's Adaptive Technology Resource Centre.
Elements and infomation on this web site are organized using appropriate hierarchial tags. For example, the main headline of each page is defined by the H1 tag, subsequent sub-headings use H2, and so forth.
Components such as menus and other options have been organized in such a way as to make browsing this web site as efficient and simple as possible.
Images used throughout this web site are accompanied by alternate text (ALT tags) for descriptive purposes. In instances where an image is used to represent text, the ALT tag contains the equivalent wording. Purely decorative images are named appropriately.
In most instances, links are referenced using TITLE tags to clearly identify the destination and/or purpose of the link.
The majority of visual formatting is performed using Cascading Stylesheets (CSS). For browsers or devices which do not support CSS, all content is still readable and no critical elements are lost.
Colour choices for text and images have been selected to try to maximize contrast and make things easier to see on a variety of viewing devices - CRT monitor, LCD screen, handheld & mobile devices, etc.
Alternate Stylesheets are available to allow users with visual concerns to increase font sizes, or to invert colours for higher-contrast viewing.
Visual contrast is checked using colour variation simulators available at www.Vischeck.com