In addition to our information on research, viewpoints and tools in support of making Web sites accessible to people with disabilities, the folks behind the AIR-Austin Accessibility Internet Rally offer these resources to help designers work on projects:

Dos and Don'ts for
Technical Assistance Volunteers
http://www.impactonline.org/vv/experts.html
Problems can arise in situations where a volunteer is assisting a nonprofit staff with working with a system or technology that he or she understands quite well, but the staff doesn't. These suggestions will help your volunteer experience be beneficial, rather than frustrating, for everyone involved.

CompuMentor, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, has an online version of its handbook to prepare its mentors for what to expect in volunteer situations, and many of their suggestions will help designers participating in this ralley. It's available at:
http://www.compumentor.org/cm/mentors/handbook/handbook_toc.html

Phil Agre's suggestions about computing and social practice at http://weber.ucsd.edu/~pagre/ are very helpful for those looking to help nonprofit organizations with Web pages or anything related to using computers.

As a followup to its 1997 "Cool Site in a Day Contest," organizers asked the design teams:

• What's the best way to work in collaboration with people you've just met?
  
• What was the most difficult aspect of "designing under pressure?"
  Their answers are documented at http://webreview.com/coolsite/coolsite.html

For more information about AIR-Austin, call
Sharron Rush at 512/478-4596
or send email srush@knowbility.org
or visit the
AIR-Austin Web site
http://www.knowbility.org/AIR-Austin

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