Accessibility Center for Electronic Information Resources

Overview

Accessibility means providing equal access to information and services regardless of a user's physical or developmental abilities or impairments. HHS employees are required by law to ensure that any electronic information or technology resources that are created or purchased are accessible.

This website includes resources to help agencies meet requirements governing the accessibility of electronic information including policy information, training resources, and accessibility guidelines and testing checklists.

Recent Updates

Upcoming Training Events

  • MS Office 2010 Training is now available from the Governor's web site! Learn to use MS Office 2010 programs including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and create documents that are fully accessible. The full training series Creating Accessible Microsoft Office 2010 Documents includes 20 modules with videos, audio recordings and text based training in Word and PDF. Be the first in your office to become an expert on Office Accessibility! This training was developed through a partnership of staff from over 15 Texas State Agencies including all 5 HHS agencies.
  • Don't have time for 20 modules? A second MS Office Online Accessibility Course provides an overview of how to use MS Word styles to add structure to your documents, how to create basic accessible tables in MS Word and how to create simple accessible spreadsheets in MS Excel. This course is available through System Training Solutions at HHS. [More info about theMS Office Online Accessibility Course]
  • The following instructor-led training classes are offered on a monthly basis from the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services:
    • Accessibility 201 - Accessible PDF Documents
    • Accessibility 202 - Accessible PDF Forms
    • Accessibility 301 - Creating Accessible Websites and Applications
    • Accessibility 302 - Accessible HTML Forms
    [Complete course descriptions, schedule and registration on the Center for Learning Management Website - HHS Staff Access Only]* We will also send notification to the Peso and DIR Train distribution lists and open registration to non-HHS staff 7 days prior to each class.

* Note: DARS Center for Learning Management (CLM) accessibility classes are reserved for HHS employees. If seats are not filled, other state agencies may be invited to register.

Page Reviewed/Updated: 9/20/2012

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