The Airway Team Welcomes You
About 'AirWay'
(the team)
We are 7 accessibility advocates who competed in and won Knowbility's Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) 2022
Seven individuals set out on an adventure to pursue their passion for making the internet accessible to all. Fate brought them together through the Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) 2022 Competition, organized by Knowbility. In late 2022, together with their guiding mentor Cindy, the ‘AirWay’ team collaboratively crafted an accessible website for a nonprofit named ‘Work Opportunities’.
AirWay Team Video
Knowbility asked all teams to submit an introductory video, here’s ours!
Team Members
Graham Venning
Team Lead
The reliable cheerleader
Graham loves helping make the web a more accessible and inclusive place for everyone.
Kosi Asabere
QA Tester and Trainer
The accessibility guardian
Kosi is a senior digital accessibility consultant who uses her expertise in the product development process, her deep understanding of accessibility and usability guidelines, and her personal knowledge of the wide-ranging disability experience, to build awareness, to guide teams beyond conformance, and to strive for inclusive digital experiences that delight users.
Gerson Lacdao
Developer
The accessibility warrior
Formerly working as a nurse, Gerson switched to full-time freelancing doing WordPress web development and management. He combines best practices and empathy to create accessible websites. He also works with other freelancers and agencies to help them deliver accessible websites.
Patrick Gerolaga
Project Manager
The task champion
One way or another, no matter how grand or small, Patrick is on a team who creates a great experience for you.
Deneb Pulsipher
Developer
The captain accessible
Deneb (DEH-neb) is a former high school teacher, now turned web developer that gets excited about the ability the web provides to let everyone access and learn from the same information if it’s coded right.
Catt Juan
UX Designer
The experience wizard
Catt believes that technology should be inclusive, accessible and creates space for equal opportunities.
Our Mentor
Cindy Xavier
Mentor
The accessibility advocate
“The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many” – Accessibility Spock. Semantic coding and an inclusive design is all it takes to create an accessible web experience.
Our Client
Marti Thomas
Client
The wonderful worker
Marti has spent 18 years in nonprofit fundraising to ensure people of all abilities have the opportunities and support to become employed.
About The Accessibility Internet Rally
(the competition)
The Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) provides web professionals with a unique opportunity to learn more about the design and development of accessible web sites in a practical, hands-on setting with specialist training and expert mentoring.
Learn more about the Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) Competition
About Work Opportunities
(the client)
Work Opportunities believe that all persons with disabilities should have the opportunity to become participating and contributing members of the community, and their non-profit has branches in Lynnwood, Everett, and Bellingham in the USA.
Learn more about Work Opportunities
About Knowbility
(the competition organizer)
Knowbility is a nonprofit organization with the mission of creating an inclusive digital world for people with disabilities. This critical work improves technology access for millions of youth and adults with disabilities all over the world.
Learn more about KnowbilityWebsite Results
We were able to take the predominantly text-based Work Opportunities site and change it into a much more inviting experience while ensuring its accessibility through extensive checks and remediation. To learn more about the steps we took to plan, design, put together, and remediate our website, you can read Deneb’s blog post on it.
Screenshot of Old Homepage
Screenshot of New Homepage
Competition Results
Delivering an amazing and accessible website to Work Opportunities and its clients was always the most important thing for us, but we did say to each other throughout the competition that we wanted to win it, which we did in fact do, hearing the results an excruciating forty-two days after submitting our site! Now we get to soar high and spread our message of accessibility for all across the skies.
Watch the announcement here.