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City of Ashland

ashlandoregon.gov · homepage scanned Oct 16, 2026 · WCAG 2.2 A/AA automated check

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Accessibility score

79/100 · Needs work

The homepage has issues that make common tasks harder for people using screen readers, keyboards or magnification. They are typically template-level and fixable in a day of vendor time.

0

Critical

2

Major

0

Minor

Screenshot of the City of Ashland homepage at scan time

Homepage as loaded by our crawler on Oct 16, 2026.

In plain English

What this means for visitors

The scan found some issues on the Ashland Oregon website that might affect visitors with disabilities. For example, links without readable text can be hard for screen reader users to understand, and frames without titles can be confusing. To improve accessibility, fixing these link and frame issues would be a good first step. Automated scans like this one catch many problems, but not all, so further review is also a good idea.

Findings

2 issue types found on the homepage

Each item is one failing rule; the count shows how many elements on the page trigger it. Severity follows axe-core impact levels.

#1MajorWCAG 2.4.46 elementsRule details ↗

Links have no readable text

Screen readers announce these links as just 'link', so people can't tell where they go. Common with icon-only links and 'read more' buttons.

Who it affects

Makes a task significantly harder (low contrast, links with no name, missing frame titles).

First fix

Give every link visible text, or add an aria-label describing the destination.

#2MajorWCAG 4.1.21 elementRule details ↗

Embedded frames have no title

Embedded maps, calendars and videos are announced as 'frame' with no description.

Who it affects

Makes a task significantly harder (low contrast, links with no name, missing frame titles).

First fix

Add a title attribute to each <iframe> (for example title="Google Map of the district office").

Severity guide

How to read the counts

Critical

Blocks a task outright for some visitors (for example an image-only flyer with no text, or a form field with no label).

Major

Makes a task significantly harder (low contrast, links with no name, missing frame titles).

Minor

Reduces clarity or consistency (heading order, landmarks, touch-target size).

What this grade does and does not cover

  • Covers: the public homepage only, loaded once in a desktop browser, tested with axe-core against WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA rules (a superset of the WCAG 2.1 AA standard in the DOJ rule).
  • Does not cover: inner pages, PDFs and documents, logged-in portals, video captions, alt-text quality, keyboard usability of custom widgets, or anything that needs a human judgment.
  • A grade is a monitoring signal, not a legal assessment or certification. How we score.