Is Washakie County's Website Ready for the ADA Title II Deadline?
Did you know the deadline already changed?
The deadline you may have written down last year is no longer the right one. A DOJ Interim Final Rule issued April 20, 2026 extended the original ADA Title II dates by one year, so Washakie County now has until April 26, 2028. That extra year is exactly the window to find and fix problems before enforcement begins — the DOJ has given no signal that the date will move again.
Washakie County's latest accessibility scan
Overall compliance risk: High — 1 citizen service residents with disabilities may be unable to use
⚠ Critical Service Risk
These citizen services appear to have no accessible alternative pathway — the highest-exposure findings in this scan:
- Court services — The only pathway we found for this service fails 2 serious accessibility checks — including: composite controls are missing required child elements for assistive tech. Residents using assistive technology may be unable to complete it.
Top issues, in plain English
- critical Composite controls are missing required child elements for assistive tech (WCAG 1.3.1 · 58 pages)
- critical Accessibility attributes point at elements that don't exist (WCAG 4.1.2 · 3 pages)
- critical ARIA attributes must conform to valid names (WCAG 4.1.2 · 3 pages)
- critical Delayed refresh under 20 hours must not be used (WCAG 2.2.1 · 2 pages)
- critical Images have no text alternative, so screen readers can't describe them (WCAG 1.1.1 · 1 page)
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What WCAG 2.1 Level AA means for county government websites
With 7,662 residents, Washakie County falls under the DOJ's small-entity tier (under 50,000 population), which comes with the later of the two federal deadlines — but the same technical standard.
The rule points to WCAG 2.1 Level AA — a widely used technical checklist. Stripped of jargon, it asks simple questions: can a blind resident using a screen reader pay a bill on your site? Can someone who can't use a mouse complete a form with just a keyboard? Is the text readable against its background?
Smaller entities sometimes assume they're exempt. They aren't — the later deadline is the only accommodation the rule makes for size. Services like property tax payments, permit applications, and election information all need to work for residents with disabilities.
Washakie County is a smaller community, and its website is the front door for property tax payments, permit applications, and election information. Under ADA Title II, that front door has to work for every resident.
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