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Accessible Internet Rally increases web accessibility awareness

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When it comes to increasing awareness about web accessibility, the not-for-profit organisation Knowbility continues to inspire developers to create accessible websites for non-profits through competition.

The Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) is a web accessibility design contest that has been running since 1998. The competition aims to increase the awareness of the authoring tools and techniques that make the Internet accessible to all, including people with disabilities.

Teams of professional web developers come together to learn best practice by developing accessible websites for registered non-profit organisations. 

The competitions are held in October in three locations in Texas: Austin, Houston and San Antonio.

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Gmail for Android is now more accessible

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Google has released an update to Gmail on Android that improves its accessibility for people who are blind or vision impaired using Android smartphones and tablets.

According to Google Mobile, accessibility in Gmail for Android now includes the following features:

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Web accessibility meets SEO for a win-win situation

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Every business is interested in return on investment, so when Jared Smith, Associate Director of WebAIM, blogged earlier this week about web accessibility and SEO there was interest from managers, web professionals and marketers alike.

The benefit of web accessibility practices for improved search engine ranking isn’t new. The W3C-WAI has listed SEO as a financial factor that should feature in a web accessibility business case for your organisation for some time, and a simple Google search will turn up many articles discussing this topic.

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Outrage at decision in JetBlue accessibility case

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In a decision that has sent disbelief  and anger through the disability community, a United States federal judge has ruled that California anti-discrimination laws do not apply to airline websites and kiosks in the case against JetBlue Airways.

The case was brought against JetBlue Airways in October 2010 for the inaccessibility of their website and airport check-in kiosks for people who are blind or vision impaired.

The judge dismissed the case on the grounds that federal regulations, not state laws, applied in the case.

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognises access to information and communications technologies, including the Web, as a basic human right.  This ruling strips away the rights of people with disabilities to access JetBlue’s website and kiosks.

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