The Home Modification Information Clearinghouse Website was developed to cater for people with disabilities. The pages comply with the strict HTML 4.0 definition, use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for their layout.
For more information about the standards which were followed in the development of this site, visit the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) site.
The pages of the Home Modification Information Clearinghouse Website which have been validated as XHTM, CSS and WAI-A compliant and accessible contain the appropriate logos at the bottom of the page (for example, this page).
If you have trouble viewing this page (in terms of layout), it may be because your browser does not support the HTML or Cascading Style Sheets. Downloading the latest version of Internet Explorer or Firefox may help solve this.
To test if your browser handles style sheets properly, visit the W3C Cascading Style Sheet test suite. A good indication whether your browser will work with this site is given by the Display, box, float and clear test page.
You can view larger text by going to your browsers toolbar at the top of the screen and clicking on "view". Then click on "text size" and make a selection.
REGISTRATION IS FREE While most of the site is available for viewing without the need of registering or logging on, there are many benefits available to those who choose to register. They will be able to keep track of their past activities and searches, find people with common interests of similarly located and add them to a "buddy list" where they can easily contact them. Registered users may also subscribe to receive a quarterly newspaper, regular updates, notifications of new items and news in specific area of interest. One of the more important features of registration is the ability to submit various items in different sections of the website. General disability access and home modification publications can be submitted, as well as, case studies, forum topics, images and even videos.
