Beyond Accessibility - Universal Design in the Workplace - A Workshop for Employers
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Location:
City Hall Annex
344 Broadway
2nd Floor Conference Room
Cambridge
Contact:
Kate Thurman, ccpd@cambridgema.gov, 617-349-4692 (voice), 617-492-0235 (tty)
Cambridge employers and hiring managers are invited to this interactive workshop with Océ Harrison, who has directed the Institute for Human Centered Design’s New England Americans with Disabilities Act Center since 2001 and provides ADA Title I Employment trainings throughout New England. With more Americans needing workplace accommodations, it makes practical sense for employers to implement principles of universal design in the workplace. Dr. Harrison will demystify the relationship between the ADA and universal design, and show examples of universal design in the workplace that benefit everyone.
You will:
- Untangle the relationship between the ADA and universal design
- See the principles of universal design in action (or implemented in the workplace)
- Get resources for employers
Coffee and Networking 9:30 - 10:00 AM
Workshop 10:00 - 11:00 AM
View the PDF flyer for this event
Sponsored by:
Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities
Cambridge Employees’ Committee on Diversity
Cambridge Department of Human Service Programs
RSVP by October 23. This is a scent-free event. Out of consideration for people with environmental illness or multiple chemical sensitivity, please refrain from using perfume or other scented products. For sign language interpreters or other accommodations, please contact the Commission for Persons with Disabilities as soon as possible at 617-349-4692 (voice), 617-492-0235 (TTY) or e-mail Kate Thurman.