Our Experience with an Inaccessible Local Government Website
From Demand Our Access by Jonathan Simeone
April 27, 2026 · 55 min
About this episode
Desiree and Jonathan discuss the inaccessibility of a local government child support website for individuals with disabilities.
In this episode, Desiree and I discuss the issues we are facing because the child support web page run by the attorney general of Texas and documents required by the child support program are inaccessible to those of us with disabilities. When we recorded this episode, we were hopeful it would demonstrate why the Department of Justice’s rule on accessible web and mobile content shouldn’t be delayed or weakened. Sadly, since we recorded this episode, the Department of Justice has chosen to give state and local governments an additional year to comply with the rule.
People in this episode
Host: Jonathan Simeone
Guest: Desiree
Topics covered
- accessibility
- disability rights
- government websites
- child support
- legal compliance
Keywords
- accessibility
- disability
- child support
- Department of Justice
- Texas
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Department of Justice, Texas Attorney General, child support program
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