Digital accessibility for the public sector and the people it serves
We help municipalities, schools, libraries, and the agencies, NGOs, and vendors who serve them find their accessibility risk, fix what matters, and build the capacity to maintain it. WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA and Section 508, done by practitioners, not automated scans.
Who we serve
Find the work that fits where you are
Municipalities
Towns and cities facing the ADA Title II deadline. Most start with a needs assessment that scopes the whole job.
Accessibility for municipalities →Schools, libraries, and public institutions
K-12 districts, public libraries, and higher education, where accessibility runs deep into your internal systems and the people you serve.
Accessibility for schools and libraries →Public agencies, NGOs, and vendors
Organizations building their own websites, apps, and digital products, accessible from the first design decision through delivery.
Inclusive design and accessibility →Regional partnerships
Councils of governments and leagues bringing accessibility to every member town at once, at a price small towns can budget.
How regional partnerships work →How we work
Find your risk, fix what matters, build the practice
Find your risk
A needs assessment across your public-facing and internal systems, rated by what actually matters: public visibility, user impact, and enforcement patterns.
Fix what matters
Audits, document remediation, and inclusive design, done by practitioners who stand behind the findings, not an automated report built to sell you a subscription.
Build the practice
Training and program support that leave your team able to keep it up, because accessibility isn’t a project you finish. It’s a practice you maintain.
You work directly with the two founders, Daniel Filson and Jason Day, with more than 20 years of accessibility experience between them. We’re disability-owned, we test with assistive technology, and we won’t recommend work you don’t need. The deadline is what gets most organizations to call. What matters is that the people you serve, including people with disabilities, can actually use what you put in front of them.
IMPACT
Trusted across the public sector
We deliver accessibility work for public agencies, towns, and regional organizations across the Northeast, including a regional partnership with the Greater Portland Council of Governments.
Dirigo Interactive has been a practical, hands-on partner in helping Portland build a real digital accessibility program. From our initial needs assessment through procurement governance, staff training, and vendor evaluation tooling, they’ve helped us move from awareness to action with tools and processes our teams can actually use.
Dirigo Interactive helped GPCOG and our member communities take a regional approach to digital accessibility that none of us could have tackled alone. They conducted our needs assessment, delivered strategic recommendations prioritized by risk, and provided training that gave our staff the skills to start making real improvements.
FAQ
Questions we hear
What is Dirigo Interactive?
Dirigo Interactive is a disability-owned, public-sector digital accessibility consultancy based in Maine and serving the Northeast. We help municipalities, schools, libraries, and the vendors who serve them meet ADA Title II, WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA, and Section 508, through needs assessments, audits, document remediation, inclusive design, and training.
What does ADA Title II require?
ADA Title II requires state and local government websites, documents, and digital services to meet WCAG 2.1 AA. The compliance dates are April 26, 2027 for entities serving a population of 50,000 or more, and April 26, 2028 for smaller entities and special district governments.
What is a digital accessibility needs assessment?
A needs assessment is a short engagement that reviews your full digital presence, public-facing and internal, rates findings by risk, and gives you a prioritized, plain-language plan. It’s the lowest-cost way to learn where you stand and to scope the work that follows.
Do you work with small towns and limited budgets?
Yes. There’s no minimum engagement size. Many small towns and districts start with a needs assessment, or with shared training through a regional partnership, which lowers per-seat costs and makes the work realistic on a limited budget.
What standards do you test to?
We test to WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 AA and Section 508, using manual testing with assistive technology, not just automated scans. Automated tools catch only a portion of accessibility barriers, so our findings come from people who test the way real users do.
Get started
Let’s figure out where you stand
Fifteen minutes is enough to tell you your likely deadline, point you to a sensible first step, and give you a straight read on what accessibility work looks like for an organization like yours.
No obligation. We’re accessibility practitioners, happy to talk through whatever you’re wondering about.