County · Virginia
Giles County
16,790 people · Deadline April 26, 2028 · virginiasmtnplayground.com · 20 pages and a keyboard test, checked October 6, 2026
55out of 100
5critical barriers
Controls a resident can’t use at all. Any one keeps a site at Behind, whatever its score.
Compared
Virginia counties of 10,000 to 19,999 people average 67.
Fixing the 5 critical barriers would raise this from 55 (Behind) to 61 (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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5
5 buttons, links or menu items have no name, so a blind visitor’s screen reader announces them with no clue to what they do.
- Screen readers
- Voice control
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128
Text in 128 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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52
52 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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41
41 images have no description, so a blind visitor’s screen reader says only “image” or reads out file names.
- Screen readers
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8
8 controls sit inside others, such as buttons inside links, so screen readers may skip some of them and keyboard users may not reach them.
- Screen readers
- Keyboard users
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2
On 2 pages, pressing Tab gets stuck on one control, so someone using a keyboard instead of a mouse can’t reach the rest of those pages.
- Keyboard users
- Screen readers
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2
2 embedded sections, such as maps, videos or forms from other sites, have no title, so a blind visitor’s screen reader can’t say what they are.
- Screen readers
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1
1 button or link is so small, or so close to another, that people with shaky hands may tap the wrong thing.
- Limited hand movement
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 4 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: Focus gets stuck. Pressing Tab stops on one control, so keyboard users can’t reach the rest of the homepage.
- Passed: Focus can be seen. Every control we reached shows where the keyboard is.
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 @virginiasmtnplayground.com 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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Towns in Giles County
- Town of NarrowsBehind
- Town of PearisburgBehind
- Town of Rich CreekFar behind