Early Intervention Central Billing Office

Overview

On August 7, 1998, the President signed into law the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which includes the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments, as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, requires that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, they shall ensure that the electronic and information technology allows Federal employees with disabilities to have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access to and use of information and data by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. Section 508 also requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal agency, have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to the public who are not individuals with disabilities.

In an effort to address the needs of all users, the Illinois Technology Office has established the Illinois Web Accessibility Standards (IWAS). On February 14, 2002, The Governor of Illinois signed an Administrative Order directing Illinois agencies to "utilize the Illinois Web Accessibility Standards for the development of web sites, intranets, and web-based applications."

While the Early Intervention - Central Billing Office is not a federal agency, we have voluntarily elected to comply with Section 508 and the IWAS. EI-CBO will continue to implement accessibility standards in our web site and incorporate new features and technology in the future for people with disabilities.

For more information regarding these standards, please refer to the links section of this page.

Keyboard Navigation

The entire EI-CBO web site can be navigated through the use of the keyboard.

Technology is available to assist people with disabilities access web sites and other computer based information. Screen readers, such as Jaws and IBM Home Page Reader, translate text, frames, image and text links, alternate text for images, graphics descriptions, and table information allowing people to hear a web site or document. The Early Intervention - Central Billing Office web site was designed to be compatible with these technologies. To obtain or learn more about this software please refer to the links section of this page.

If you are having trouble seeing text on the web, browsers allow font sizes to be increased.

Windows Operating Systems allows for a High Contrast viewing mode. This allows people who have trouble distinguishing colors to optimize their monitor settings for easier visibility.

Accessible PDFs (Portable Document Format)
Links in this section will open a new browser window.

Adobe Acrobat™ .pdf files have quickly become the universal method for document exchange. Older Acrobat™ files may be inaccessible to a screen reader. If you need to convert a .pdf into html that your screen reader can interpret, please visit http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_simple_form.html. Additionally, more links to resources that help people with disabilities work more effectively with Adobe software can be found at http://www.access.adobe.com.

If any of the EI-CBO downloadable documents are needed in an accessible format, please contact the Help Desk.

If you have questions or experience any problems while navigating through our web site, please contact our Webmaster.