Houston-area residents and non-profit organizations will gain greater Internet accessibility through brand new websites from the Sixth Annual Accessibility Internet Rally for Houston (AIR Houston) scheduled to kick off this month. Web design professionals and non-profits are encouraged to sign up to participate.
The AIR Houston competition provides complimentary training in Web accessibility to professional Web developers. Once they are trained, Web design teams will compete, showcasing their talents as they donate their newly-acquired accessible design skills to a Houston-area non-profit organization with the explicit goal of bringing website access for individuals with disabilities.
Non-profit organizations signed up so far to benefit from a new website design include Clayton Library Friends, Bird Dog Development Research Resources, Baytown Christian Fellowship and Miss Wheelchair America. Web development teams signed up to help the non-profits include Whiteboard Labs, City of Houston, and Pop Labs.
The AIR competition has two categories; Stock Car and Formula One. The Stock Car class sites are judged on basic accessibility, like text alternatives for pictures and the quality of link text, while Formula One entries are judged on advanced technologies like multimedia, data tables, flash, and scripted applications.
More at http://www.knowbility.org/air-houston/
