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Section 508

Keyboard and Focus – Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility GSA Section 508
Keyboard> Keyboard # All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard interface without requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes, except where the underlying function requires input that depends on the path of the user’s movement and not just the endpoints.
Multiple Ways – Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility GSA Section 508
More than one way is available to locate a web page within a set of web pages except where the web page is the result of, or a step in, a process.
Sensory Characteristics – Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility GSA Section 508
Sensory Characteristics> Sensory Characteristics # Instructions provided for understanding and operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of components such as shape, size, visual location, orientation, or sound.
Links and Buttons – Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility GSA Section 508
Link Purpose (In Context)> Link Purpose (In Context) # The purpose of each link can be determined from the link text alone, or from the link text together with its programmatically determined link context, except where the purpose of the link would be ambiguous to users in general.