Accessibility: how families with disabilities can access information about Winston Choctaw Facility online

Mississippi's official website (ms.gov) commits to inclusion and universal access across its services and programs. The state pledges to build and maintain ms.gov pages so they work for people with all types of abilities. For you, that means the state's own pages should be designed to work with screen readers and other assistive tech. This matters when you're juggling a loved one's situation alongside your own accessibility needs. A clear, accessible starting point for information saves time and cuts down on frustration.

ms.gov states that every visitor has the right to obtain information and services independently using the website. That's a meaningful commitment: you shouldn't need someone else to read a page to you, interpret a form, or navigate basic information just because you use a screen reader or other assistive tech.

Mississippi says its ms.gov pages have been tested with popular screen readers. Starting there gives you a better shot at a smooth experience than jumping straight to random search results. Here's the catch: ms.gov links out to many websites it doesn't control. Those external sites may not be accessible to people with disabilities. The state can maintain accessibility standards on its own pages, but once you leave ms.gov, all bets are off.

Contact for Linked Sites

• ✓ If you run into accessibility problems on a linked external website (including a linked social page), contact the organization responsible for that linked site to report the issue.

When searching for Winston Choctaw Facility information with assistive tech, start on ms.gov whenever possible. The state says its pages have been tested with popular screen readers, which makes navigation more predictable. If a link takes you to another website, expect a different experience. ms.gov warns that external sites may not be accessible since they're not maintained by the state. If something suddenly becomes hard to read, impossible to navigate by keyboard, or confusing in your screen reader - it's probably the external site, not you.

• ✓ Start with ms.gov pages when you can, since the state says those pages have been tested in popular screen readers.
• ✓ If you hit a barrier on a site you reached through an ms.gov link, contact the organization responsible for that linked site to report accessibility problems.
• ✓ When you report a problem, keep a record of what you tried (for example, the page name and what wasn’t accessible) so the responsible organization can reproduce the issue.