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ERI Economic Research Institute, in an effort to better serve clients with disabilities, has made a voluntary and on-going commitment to design and revise ERI applications to meet the guidelines established by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act:
In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily. Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals (see https://www.section508.gov/).
Section 508 is a Federal law requiring that all electronic and information technology purchased by the government is accessible for people with disabilities. This affects everything from websites to videos and multi-media productions, information systems to telecommunications, kiosks to hardware, computers to copiers and fax machines (see https://www.section508.gov/).
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