Digital Accessibility
The City of Corvallis is working to meet the federal government’s updated ADA digital accessibility requirements by April 2027. These rules ensure that residents with disabilities can access online services, documents, videos, and public meetings.
What We’re Doing
- Designing and launching a new, modern website that meets WCAG 2.1 AA standards including features such as providing text alternatives for non-text content, ensuring content is navigable via keyboard, video captioning, and accommodating users with various disabilities, including those with cognitive and motor challenges. We expect to launch this new website in early 2027.
- Implementing staff training and workflows to begin creating accessible documents by April 2027.
- Publishing internal accessibility tutorials and style guides.
- Converting old PDFs and forms into accessible web pages.
- Reviewing captions on public meeting recordings.
- Ensuring social media and graphics meet accessibility guidelines.
- Reviewing and updating the City’s contracting process to ensure all new contracts for web tools, digital services, forms, meeting systems, document platforms, and video hosting show compliance with current accessibility requirements.
Why This Matters
Accessibility is about equity. It ensures that everyone in our community — including people who use screen readers, rely on captions, or need accessible documents — can fully participate in their local government.
Timeline for Implementation
Our organization-wide timeline to make these vital accessibility improvements will be completed by April 2027. Implementing specific workflows, contracts, and document remediation will stretch into 2027 and beyond based on current resources and staff capacity.
Get Assistance
If you need assistance accessing City programs, services, information, or documents in an accessible format, please email pio@corvallisoregon.gov or call (541) 766-6901 ext. 4 (for TTY services, dial 7-1-1).
