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Congratulations, participants — you've reached the finish line for the 2021 Accessibility Internet Rally!

After eight weeks of work, the time has come for developer teams to turn in their final sites to the AIR judges. You've put in the work, now let's countdown in style.

In the final hour of the competition we will reflect on the teams' experiences and celebrate their accomplishments as final sites are submitted at 6 PM CT. Who knows, there might even be a rocket launch!

Thank you to the developers, NPOs, team mentors, advisors and judges for your hard work in making this a successful AIR.

About AIR

The Accessibility Internet Rally is a unique design competition that builds partnerships between nonprofits and artists and teams of volunteer web developers, designers and other tech specialists. The end goal of this partnership is a new or improved website for the artist or organization that is fully accessible to people with disabilities, plus information and resources that they can use in the future to help maintain the accessibility of their site.

John Slatin Access U conference was named after John Slatin of the University of Texas, a pioneering leader in web accessibility. The goal is to provide tools that can immediately be put to use by designers, developers, project managers, administrators, and anyone who is responsible for online content and development. John Slatin Access U teaches those skills in an interactive and communal environment where you will learn everything you need to know about integrating accessibility into your company.

As envisioned by Knowbility Board Chair Rich Schwerdtfeger, recently retired as CTO of Accessibility for IBM, we will launch an annual Accessibility Leadership Symposium (KALS). KALS will create a leadership peer network and help executives build the Accessibility Roadmap specific to their organizational needs and aligned with their own goals. We invite interested institutions to participate.