Who gets to show up, participate, and fully engage in your event? The answer starts with accessibility. Join Disability Belongs™ for a free virtual training, Accessible By Design: Creating Inclusive Events That Work for Everyone, on Tuesday, June 9th at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and learn how to plan events that open the door to more people from the very beginning.

This interactive session will equip you with the tools to design events that are inclusive from the outset. You will learn why accessibility is foundational to effective events and how to integrate it across every stage of planning. The training will cover key considerations for in-person, virtual, and hybrid formats, with practical guidance you can apply immediately.

Firm? Stable? Slip resistant? Excessive running slope? Who said cross-slope? What level? Grass is accessible, right? How do you really know if the surface material you are using on accessible routes, a pedestrian trail, shared use path, within a pedestrian access route, picnic area, or playground really is accessible and ADA compliant for the facility you are constructing or altering meets the minimums in the ADA Accessibility Standards? In this session, leading national experts on park and recreation access, Bill Botten and Jennifer Skulski will cover the ADA Accessibility Standards and special considerations to make sure your outdoor surfaces are designed, installed, and maintained to be usable by people with disabilities.

Between the ADA, FHA, Section 504, and general building codes, housing standards can be confusing for those with nondiscrimination requirements under the law as well as individuals with disabilities looking to live independently or age in place. In this webinar, attendees will learn practical design standards that go beyond minimal code compliance—so you can recognize quality accessibility when you see it (or request it when you don’t). Our speakers will share a Reference Guide and Kitchen and Bathroom Prototypes that they developed to reflect an inclusive design approach to plan for accessibility in any housing type. This session would benefit architects, builders, developers, planners and community development professionals, municipal officials who review plans and anyone invested in housing that serves people across their lifespan.

This webinar introduces neuroinclusive design as an evidence-informed extension of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility practice, centering sensory and cognitive access as critical dimensions of inclusion. Drawing on applied neuroscience, disability studies, and real-world case studies from libraries, museums, workplaces, and community facilities, the session explores how lighting, acoustics, color, wayfinding, predictability, and sensory load shape access for neurodivergent individuals, older adults, veterans, and people with invisible disabilities.