Web Geeks needed to make disability-friendly websites

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Source: News.com

Calling all do-good developers!

Organizers of a unique technology rally are looking for computer programmers and designers to build Web sites useful to people with disabilities. The first Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) California will be held on Sept. 21 at a San Francisco high school, and coordinators hope to make it an annual event.

The rally, hosted by CompuMentor and Knowbility, pairs nonprofit organizations in need of Web sites with groups of professional Web developers. About a dozen 10-member teams will be asked to build sophisticated Web sites that are easy for people with physical or mental disabilities to navigate--including people with visual impairments and those who cannot use keyboards or mice.

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