Sightline Audit

Independent WCAG 2.1 AA conformance review

For organisations that have a federal compliance date and would like to know, specifically and in writing, where they currently stand.


The dates

11 May 2027 — recipients of HHS federal financial assistance with 15 or more employees
Community health centres, hospitals, dental and behavioural health providers, and non-profits taking HHS money. Standard named in the rule: WCAG 2.1 Level AA. HHS Office for Civil Rights.
10 May 2028 — the same, with fewer than 15 employees
Same rule, later date.
26 April 2027 — public entities serving 50,000 or more
ADA Title II, 28 CFR 35.200. Department of Justice.
26 April 2028 — public entities under 50,000, and every special district
Including most school and library districts. This one is widely misreported as 2027.

Both extensions arrived as interim final rules and each moved once during 2026; the Title II extension has been challenged. These are the current dates, not settled ones, and any review sent from here says so.

What a review is

Your pages are loaded in a real browser and tested against the WCAG 2.1 A and AA rule sets, plus six checks that sit outside the standard automated rule set — reflow at phone width, text spacing, focus visibility across the whole tab order, accessible names control by control, your downloadable PDFs, and an inventory of the third-party systems embedded in your pages that are your vendors' code rather than yours.

You get a written report: every finding, who it affects, which page and which element, why it matters under the rule that applies to you, and what to do about it — written to be handed straight to whoever maintains the site.

What it is not

If you already have an accessibility widget

Every review is run with your widget loaded and active, automatically. So the failures listed are the ones that remain underneath it, on your own pages, measured under exactly the conditions the widget is supposed to prevent. Nothing needs to be arranged and nobody needs to be told — it is simply how the scan works.

Price

$299, once, for the complete report. There is nothing else to buy and no second tier. If a report is not worth what you paid, say so and you will be refunded — no form and no conversation.

This is a document, not a service

Being blunt about this up front, because it decides whether this is any use to you.

If you need someone to do the work, look for a web developer or an accessibility specialist. A report from here will make their job faster and cheaper, which is the point of it.

Contact

Andy Capaldi