Laradon.org Accessibility Audit

Because the people we serve deserve a website that works for them. A comprehensive WCAG 2.2 AA assessment — synthesized from 5 independent audits and 100+ verified sources.

For: Charlie Walling & Laradon Foundation Board Date: February 16, 2026 Standard: WCAG 2.2 AA
43
Barriers Found
0 / 4
Tasks Keyboard-OK
~25%
Compliance Est.
$150K
CO Exposure
$15M+
Fed. Funding Risk
The Paradox Laradon has empowered people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for 78 years. But our website — the first thing a parent, donor, or caseworker encounters — excludes the very people we champion. Lorem ipsum on our homepage. Zero tasks completable by keyboard. A countdown timer that can trigger seizures and anxiety in the populations we serve. Three legal deadlines are closing in. The good-faith defense has expired. This report maps every barrier, quantifies every risk, and charts a clear path to fix it.
"The Board is advised to convene its Risk Committee immediately to review this audit and authorize the execution of Phase 1 remediation within the next 10 business days." — Audit analysis, February 2026
Chapter 01
Why This Matters Now
Three converging deadlines. Good-faith defense forfeited. 12–18 months remediation lead time — and we're already late.
Chapter 02
Who We're Failing
Laradon's 10 listed disabilities mapped to specific site barriers. The cognitive trap, the keystroke tax, the visual shout.
Chapter 03
What We Found
43 findings across 12 audited pages. 10 critical, 20 major. All 4 user journeys fail keyboard-only completion.
Chapter 04
The Legal Picture
Four converging frameworks: HB21-1110, Section 504, Title II, Title III. Non-delegable duty. $150K+ exposure.
Chapter 05
The Financial Case
$30K–$100K proactive vs. $50K–$300K+ reactive. $15M/yr federal funding and 24 district contracts at risk.
Chapter 06
Our Vendors
Point A, EveryAction, FreeWill, ApplyToJob, Elementor. VPAT gaps. EdTech compound failure risk.
Chapter 07
The Positive Story
From worst-in-class to first-in-class. Peer comparison. The narrative Laradon can own.
Chapter 08
The Fix
32 prioritized actions across 4 phases. Zero-cost fixes this week. Three investment options with owner assignments.
Chapter 09
The Ask
Board resolution. Risk Committee in 10 days. Option B recommended. ROI summary and the closing argument.
Reference
All 43 Findings
Complete master table with WCAG success criteria, severity, corroboration status, and source attribution.
Reference
100+ Sources
Full bibliography: government, legal, academic, industry, vendor, and peer organization sources with quality annotations.

Method How This Audit Was Conducted

Multiple independent audits were synthesized into a single report. No single tool was trusted alone — every finding was cross-verified, and every claim traces to a specific source.

Audit TypeRoleFindings
Interactive Browsing AuditLive keyboard testing, user journey walkthroughs, contrast spot-checks23 pre-seeded verified + 10 new
Source Code & Research AuditHTML/CSS/JS analysis, 35+ verified research sources16 pre-seeded confirmed + 9 new
Legal & Economic ResearchLegal landscape, economic analysis, disability impact, vendor governanceResearch synthesis + risk scoring
Deep Research AnalysisSupplemental legal, economic, disability, and PR strategy researchResearch synthesis (no new technical findings)
Organizational ProfilingOrganizational data, funding structure, stakeholder mapping1 new finding + org data
Cross-verification: Of 23 pre-seeded issues, 17 were confirmed by multiple audit tools, 3 rated likely, 2 confirmed as risk but untestable (iframe, PDFs), and 1 unverified. 20 additional issues were discovered. After deduplication: 43 unique findings. The WCAG version targeted is 2.2 AA — exceeding the DOJ Title II requirement of 2.1 AA to future-proof compliance.

Audience Who This Report Is For

Primary

  • Charlie Walling — CRO & Co-Founder, Scalable Care; Foundation Board Member
  • Blake Wilson — Board Chair; commercial risk advisor, HUB International
  • Elizabeth Horton — Board attorney, Davis Graham

Board Members

  • Raffael Hoffmann — Foundation lead, CFRE
  • Elizabeth Laird — Digital marketing, Clermont Digital
  • Hillary Kruger — SVP, Covius Technology Solutions
Sources
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