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From: Payne,Susan N (DARS)
Date: Oct 31, 2012 12:41PM

I just did a few quick checks and found some problems.

Clicking through to our agency's page without being logged into my account launched a pop-up window asking me to sign in or register. Using the keyboard only, I was unable to bring focus to that window so couldn't close it or enter anything. The focus remained on the FB page I was trying to get to and I could see myself tabbing through fields and links but most of the page was blocked from view by that pop-up.

On the page itself every status had the name of our agency (being the poster of the status) as an H5. If I was trying to navigate via headings in a screen reader, hearing "DARS-Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services" 33 times would not be helpful.

The font size could not be enlarged via browser settings and the color contrast ratio was insufficient in several spots.

Susan Payne
Accessibility Specialist
DARS - Center for Policy and External Relations
<EMAIL REMOVED> 512-377-0366