Accessibility

Northwest Mosquito Abatement District (NWMAD) is committed to providing equal access to information. NWMAD’s pages meet the set Section 508 standards, which are the technical requirements that ensure we’re complying with federal Section 508 law. NWMAD conforms to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and their industry standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. We meet Level AA standards, which means our content is accessible to most people in most circumstances. We continually modify our websites to ensure the information, features and content are accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Available Complaint Processes

If you experience difficulty accessing any resources or content on this site, please contact the Section 508 (digital accessibility) program at NWMAD via email at [email protected] and include:

• The nature of your accessibility problem
• The URL of the page the inaccessible content was found on
• The preferred format in which you want to receive any materials
• Your contact information (email, phone or address)

You may also fill out the form below.

We will work diligently to provide you with accessible content that addresses your issues.

File an Official Complaint

You can file an administrative complaint with NWMAD requesting that existing information and communication technology be reviewed and brought into compliance with the provisions of Section 508. File complaints with NWMAD within 180 days of the alleged act of discrimination.

Contact NWMAD with complaints at (847)-537-2306 or email [email protected]. You can file in writing with the district:

Northwest Mosquito Abatement District
147 W Hintz Rd
Wheeling, IL 60090

Complaints are processed in accordance with Northwest Mosquito Abatement District’s implementing regulations for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Reasonable Accommodations

Federal agencies are required by law to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees with disabilities. The Federal Government may provide you with a reasonable accommodation based on appropriate requests (unless doing so will result in undue hardship to the agencies). For more information, see the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “Enforcement Guidance: Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship under the Americans with Disabilities Act.“

Reasonable accommodations can apply to the duties of the job and/or where and how job tasks are performed. The accommodation should make it easier for the employee to successfully perform the duties of the position. Examples of reasonable accommodations include providing interpreters, readers, or other personal assistance; modifying job duties; restructuring work sites; providing flexible work schedules or work sites (i.e. telework) and providing accessible technology or other workplace adaptive equipment.

Requests are considered on a case-by-case basis. To request reasonable accommodations:

• Look at the vacancy announcement
• Work directly with person arranging the interviews
• Contact NWMAD by email at [email protected] or phone at (847)-537-2306 and engage in an interactive process to clarify what the person needs and identify reasonable accommodations
• Make an oral or written request; no special language is needed

Use of the Telecommunications Relay Service

Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) allow persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, or have speech disabilities to communicate by telephone in a manner that is functionally equivalent to telephone services used by persons without such disabilities.

List of TRS services (FCC.gov)

Accessibility Aids: plug-ins and file viewers

• Adobe Acrobat: Use Adobe Acrobat to read Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
• Microsoft Word: Microsoft offers Doc Viewer and other converter programs to enable those who do not have Word to open and view Word files.
• Microsoft Excel: Microsoft offers XLS Viewer Free to enable those who do not have Excel to view Excel files.
• Microsoft PowerPoint: Microsoft offers PPTX Viewer to enable those who do not have PowerPoint to view PowerPoint files.
• WinZip: Zip files are single files, sometimes called “archives,” that contain one or more compressed files. Files with this extension (.zip) require WinZip to open and extract them.