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The free ADA Title II web accessibility checklist

FREE TITLE II READINESS QUIZ · PARKS

Could this happen at your parks & rec agency?

A parent can't register their child for summer camp because the form, waiver, or payment flow isn't accessible. The ADA Title II web rule applies to recreation, programs, camps, facilities, and public participation. Five scenarios show where you stand. Park districts have until April 26, 2028.

April 26, 2027Large public entities (population 50,000 or more)
April 26, 2028Small entities and special district governments
WCAG 2.1 AAThe required standard for web content and mobile apps

A parks department inside a city or county follows that jurisdiction's deadline. Independent park districts are special district governments: April 26, 2028.

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QCould this happen to us? The 5-scenario quiz

Two minutes, no email required. Each scenario is real and each has an easy next step. "Not sure" counts as no, because if you're not sure, nobody owns it yet.

1. Can residents access program registration, facility information, waivers, schedules, and maps?

What if: A parent cannot register a child for summer camp because the form, waiver, or payment flow is not accessible.

Why it matters: Accessibility applies to recreation, programs, camps, facilities, and public participation, not just city hall.

2. Could someone complete your registration flow start to finish with a keyboard?

What if: Registration opens at 8am. A resident using a keyboard gets stuck at a date picker while the program fills up.

Why it matters: Registration is your highest-stakes content because demand peaks in minutes, and exclusion is total.

3. Is your seasonal program guide readable by assistive technology?

What if: The glossy guide everyone uses to choose programs is a print-layout PDF a screen reader can't make sense of.

Why it matters: A PDF residents use to choose and register for programs is current-use content; the document exception doesn't cover it.

4. Does your registration vendor's contract require accessibility?

What if: The platform fails for a resident with a disability. The vendor points at the contract; the contract says nothing.

Why it matters: Vendor platforms under contract with you are your responsibility under the rule.

5. Does your agency have an accessibility statement, an owner, and a plan?

What if: A resident hits a barrier mid-registration and has no one to contact and no alternative path.

Why it matters: Inclusion is already your mission; a statement and an owner make it real online.

What counts as parks and rec web content?

Department pages, the registration and reservation platform, league and aquatics schedules, camp enrollment, golf and event booking, e-newsletters, social posts, and the PDFs and maps linked from all of them.

The parks-specific traps

Glossy seasonal guides exported as inaccessible PDFs; registration vendors with poor keyboard support failing at peak demand; image-only schedules and flyers; and inaccessible waiver e-signature flows.

What's the easy next step?

You don't need to fix everything this month. You need a list, an owner, and a start. The free checklist gives you all three: 5 plain-language items for whoever runs the office, 10 technical items for whoever runs the website.

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Questions people ask

Does the rule apply to park districts?

Yes. Independent park districts are special district governments under Title II, with an April 26, 2028 deadline.

Our registration system is a national vendor platform. Are we on the hook?

Yes, content under contract is not excepted. Put WCAG 2.1 AA in the renewal and ask for the vendor's conformance report.

Do printed program guides matter?

The web rule covers the digital copies. If residents use the PDF to access programs, it must be accessible or be replaced by accessible HTML.

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