Upcoming Events

Now Available: On-Demand Accessiblity Webinars

We are now offering on-demand accessibility webinars at our exclusive online learning center. Earn professional learning units with online webinars designed to educate about important accessibility subjects for the built environment.

Highly Recommend Kitchen Design for Access & Aging

“I highly recommend this presentation to designers, builders, and code enforcement professionals. Janis covers a broad range of accessibility and usability issues that affect kitchen design and construction. Most helpful are summaries of practical insights and the many illustrations and photographs included in this discussion of requirements applicable to kitchens in residential dwelling units with mobility features under the 2010 ADAS and 2019 CBC.”

— Glenn Dea, AIA, ADAC, CASp, Orange County, CA

September
5

Experience Speaks Accessiblity Panel

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
Organizer: Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Venue: 1 World Trade Center, Suite 101, Long Beach, 90831

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Serve More Customers, Expand Employee Talent, and Ensure ADA Compliance

A program of the Small Business Resiliency Series.

How is your business prepared to serve people with disabilities? Are your HR solutions in place to support disabled staff? Also, learn about litigation related to ADA complaints and how this could impact your organization.

Please join us and our distinguished panel for an informative and informal discussion on expanding who you serve and ensuring ADA Compliance.

MODERATOR: Heather Summers, Senior Vice President, Marketing, LBS Financial Credit Union

OUR DISTINGUISHED PANEL

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW: Linda Guthmann Krieger, Partner, Labor & Employment & Hospitality, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP; Creighton-Elizabeth R. Boggs, Associate Attorney, Labor & Employment & Hospitality, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

NONPROFIT & SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS: Michele Dobson, Attorney, Law Offices of Michele A. Dobson

WEB DESIGNER: Adrienne Grace, Art Director / Front-end Developer / Certified Accessibility Professional

ACCESSIBILITY: Janis Kent, FAIA, CASp, Architect, Certified Access Specialist, Stepping Thru Accessibility

$20 Chamber Members / $30 Future Members Coffee, tea & a light breakfast will be available

October
9

Beyond Compliance: Access, Equity, and the ADA 2024 Agenda

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Organizer: Pacific ADA Center - Beyond Compliance: Equity, Access, and the ADA
Venue: SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, 1401 K Street Sacramento, CA 95814

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I will be presenting at the upcoming conference, Beyond Compliance: Access, Equity, and the ADA 2024 Agenda.

This event is being produced by the Pacific ADA Center and will take place on October 9-10 at the SAFE Credit Union Conference Center in Sacramento, CA.

Session: Exceptions and Nuances in the ADA Standards and CBC

Thru photographs, we will review areas of the ADA Standards and CBC that are small footnotes or exceptions in the regulations. We will also review the specific regulation exceptions that are applicable that can have a large impact on a project whether it is new or existing construction. We will also have a quick look at items that are not specifically delineated and what you do with them.

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We provide professional seminars and customized presentations intended to help your team, company, or professional organization get educated about important accessibility subjects that affect your business.

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Testimonials

Thanks so much for the Seminar with the AIA LB/SB today. I learned so much! I took an earlier access seminar a couple of weeks back and yours by miles is very well organized and clear. I think the photos you discussed were very helpful to discuss lessons learned and general deficiencies.
— Carlos Hernandez AIA, NOMA, LEED AP, CDT, ICC Member

“I have always enjoyed and been highly interested in your publications and seminars over the years. Your publications are required reading by all my staff and are a given contribution to the success of our designs.”
— Craig R. Smith AIA, CRSA Architecture

“I’ve found that the seminars and webinars that Stepping Thru Accessibility offers are the most comprehensive and of the highest quality available. I have always gained very useful and practical information on a wide range of accessibility topics with Janis’s seminars/webinars; highly recommended for anyone with an interest in accessibility.”
— Matthew O’Brien Architect, CASp

“Thank you. I sat in during the seminar and it was fantastic. The sound was clear and you re-asked the questions so the webinar folks understood. The back and forth with the audience was lively but to the point. I just wanted to send a note and thank you again – your draw is huge, expertise on point, and I can’t thank you enough.”
— Eric Sifuentes CASp, Nacht & Lewis

“Wanted to thank you for a thorough and comprehensive seminar this past Friday. Of all the 5 hour seminars I have suffered through, yours was clearly in a class by itself with zero suffering involved. I do plan to recommend this seminar to my colleagues up this way to put on their radar.”
— Craig Gaevert AIA, CSI - Architect