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Douglas County Re 1

dcsdk12.org · homepage scanned Oct 16, 2026 · WCAG 2.2 A/AA automated check

D

Accessibility score

67/100 · At risk

The homepage has several serious barriers. Visitors with disabilities are likely to be blocked from at least one task, and the pattern usually repeats across the whole site.

2

Critical

1

Major

0

Minor

Screenshot of the Douglas County Re 1 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 issues that may cause problems for visitors with disabilities, such as screen reader users or those who navigate with keyboards. For example, some buttons lack clear names, making them hard to use. To improve accessibility, start by fixing critical issues like these button names. Automated scans like this one catch many problems, but not all, so further review is needed.

Findings

3 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.

#1CriticalWCAG 4.1.21 elementRule details ↗

ARIA attributes must conform to valid values

Ensure all ARIA attributes have valid values

Who it affects

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

First fix

Follow the guidance in the linked Deque rule page.

#2CriticalWCAG 4.1.21 elementRule details ↗

Buttons have no accessible name

Icon-only buttons (search, menu, close) are announced as 'button' with no purpose.

Who it affects

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

First fix

Add an aria-label to icon buttons (for example aria-label="Open menu").

#3MajorWCAG 4.1.21 elementRule details ↗

Hidden content can receive focus

Keyboard users land on elements that screen readers say don't exist.

Who it affects

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

First fix

Remove tabindex from hidden elements or don't hide focusable content with aria-hidden.

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.