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The Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR)

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Does accessibility mean dumbing your site down? Does accessibility mean giving up all the widget-y, interactive, fun applications that make cutting-edge design so exciting? Is accessibility something that's just for government agency web sites?

No, no and decidedly no! In fact, accessible design ensures that your site is optimized for search engines, mobile devices and emerging technologies.

And each year, since 1998, some of the hottest designers in the world prove that good design IS accessible design when they compete in the annual Accessibility Internet Rally!

What is AIR?

The Accessibility Internet Rally is a web design competition that increases awareness of the tools and techniques that make the Internet accessible to everyone - including people with disabilities. AIR benefits local nonprofit organizations and schools by providing them with free, professionally designed ACCESSIBLE websites. Teams of professional web developers learn skills to create accessible web content and then use those new skills to create accessible websites for local community groups. The result: dozens of professionally designed, accessible websites are donated to nonprofit groups and hosted for free for one year.

Who competes in AIR?

AIR is designed for Web professionals, people who currently create on-line applications and who are proficient in HTML and other techniques for creating Web pages.

Learn more about AIR

Learn accessible design techniques, show off your skills, win prizes, and help local nonprofits do the work that benefits our communities - take the AIR challenge!