County · Virginia
Bland County
6,272 people · Deadline April 26, 2028 · blandcountyva.gov · 20 pages and a keyboard test, checked October 6, 2026
55out of 100
3critical barriers
Controls a resident can’t use at all. Any one keeps a site at Behind, whatever its score.
Compared
Virginia counties of 5,000 to 9,999 people average 76.
Fixing the 3 critical barriers would raise this from 55 (Behind) to 66 (Behind).
See how it does today
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What we found
What is wrong and who it affects, most serious first.
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2
2 buttons have no name, so a blind visitor’s screen reader says just “button”, with no clue to what they do.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
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1
1 form field has no label, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what to enter, and voice-control users can’t name it.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
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280
280 buttons or links are so small, or so close to others, that people with shaky hands may tap the wrong thing.
- Limited hand movement
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26
Text in 26 places is too faint against its background, so people with low vision, or anyone reading a phone in sunlight, may struggle to read it.
- Low vision
- Color blindness
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5
5 list items sit outside a list, so screen readers may not announce them as part of one.
- Screen readers
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4
4 parts of the page are hidden from screen readers but can still be reached with the Tab key, so a blind visitor lands on things their screen reader won’t describe.
- Screen readers
- Keyboard users
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3
3 links have no name, so a blind visitor’s screen reader says just “link”, with no clue to where they go.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
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2
2 pages have to be scrolled sideways on a narrow phone screen, so people who enlarge text must scroll back and forth to read each line.
- Low vision
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1
1 part of the page has a label that screen readers ignore, because of what that part is, so a blind visitor may miss what it says.
- Screen readers
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1
1 control shows no sign when a keyboard user moves to it, so they can’t tell where they are on the page.
- Keyboard users
- Low vision
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1
1 embedded section, such as a map, video or form from another site, has no title, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what it is.
- Screen readers
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1
1 menu, list or set of tabs is built incompletely, so screen readers may announce it without its items or not let a blind visitor move through them.
- Screen readers
More in the full report
The full report is for the county’s own staff. It adds:
- The 20 pages we checked, by name
- Where each problem is, with a screenshot
- What needs to change, in the order to fix it
- A new check any day, once something is fixed
The keyboard test
We pressed Tab 103 times through the homepage, as someone who can’t use a mouse would. What it found is shown here and is not yet counted in the score.
- Problem: 1 control shows no sign of focus. Keyboard users may not be able to tell where they are.
Questions about this page
Does this mean the county is breaking the law?
No. This is an automated check against WCAG 2.1 AA, the standard the ADA Title II rule sets for state and local governments. Automated checks find many problems but not all, and only a full review can say whether a site meets the rule.
How often is this page updated?
Every three months, in January, April, July and October. Once its staff claim this page, they can also scan the site again, once a day; the new result shows here like our regular check, marked as checked at their request. The date at the top shows the latest check, and the score can go up as problems are fixed.
How can the county respond?
Staff with an email address ending in @blandcountyva.gov can claim this page to set its status for residents, see where each problem is, and scan the site again. Think a result is wrong? Tell us and we will check it again.
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