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A Better Way

Center for Wellness

Doreen Van Leeuwen LMFT Relationship Specialist

Website accessibility

how we try make things easier here

By design, this website has features to facilitate access by those with limited mobility and vision.

Access keys active at this web site

As a general rule, Microsoft Windows Operating Systems employ the Alt + access key combination, while Macintosh Operating Systems employ the Ctrl + access key combination. Individual browsers may alter this, however, so check your browser if these defaults don't work for you.

[Alt] + 0 - moves page focus to the "TOP"-of-page link at the bottom of the page..

[Alt] + 1 - moves page focus to the Home link on the main menu.

[Alt] + 2 - moves page focus to the Site Map link in the breadcrumbs strip right below the website title panel.

[Alt] + 9 - moves page focus to the Contact Doreen link on the main menu.

About access keys

Access keys (also called "keyboard shortcuts") can be useful for all of us, as a fast way of navigating a web site.

Access key behavior varies from browser to browser. Some most-current browser versions are described below:

  • In the Mozilla Firefox browser, press [Alt] + [access key] to shift focus to the target link, which is then automatically activated.
  • In the Opera browser, press [Shift] + [Esc] to display a little access key menu. Press a number key listed on the menu to activate the target link.
  • In Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, press [Alt] + [access key] to shift focus to the target link, then [Enter] to activate the link.

Skip links

Vision-impaired web site visitors are likely to be using some kind of software screen reader. It is convenient for them to be able to skip past certain sections of a web page to immediately access its most important parts. "Skip links" make this possible.

Page top link. The very top of every page contains visible skip links targeting the beginning of the main menu and the top of the page content section.

Main menu link. The top of the main menu contains a skip link, not visible on screen, to the top of the page content.

Web site text logo

To verify the identity of each page in the site to those using screen readers, the site title is placed as the first text element of every page. (This element is not visible on the screen.)

Print this page

Use the page print function built into your browser. It's usually an item in the File menu right below the caption of the window in which this page is displayed.

Only the page's core content will be printed. All images outside of the main content area, all navigation tools and links, and extraneous header and footer material will be omitted from the printed page.

Many browsers also have a print preview function on the same menu - you can use this to see how the printed page will look before you actually print it.