The City of Rockford web site has been designed to be accessible to individuals with disabilities by following the Illinois Web Accessibility Standards. You might be surprised to find that some of these features could be helpful to you.
In an effort to address the needs of all Internet users, the Illinois Technology Office established the Illinois Web Accessibility Standards (IWAS). The Illinois Web Accessibility Standard is based on both the Federal "Section 508" and World Wide Web Consortium Accessibility Guidelines. The panel of experts who developed IWAS considered the principles of accessibility in both of these standards. The Federal Section 508 guideline deals with a very basic level of accessibility needs while leaving out some issues facing users. The W3C guideline, on the other hand, offer three tiers of priorities that go into greater depth than many government entities are able to address at this time. IWAS incorporates a reasonable combination of the two, creating a standard well suited to serve the users of the State of Illinois and City of Rockford.
