Tactile Walking Surface Indicators: Improving Accessibility and Wayfinding for People with Vision Disabilities

Thursday, June 4, 2026 

12:30 PM MDT

Via Zoom

The complexity of the built environment poses numerous and evolving wayfinding and other accessibility challenges for pedestrians with vision disabilities (PVD). Tactile Walking Surface Indicators (TWSI) are one tool that can be used to improve accessibility and safety within public-rights-of-way. In this webinar, the speakers will briefly review the requirements in the Public Right-of-Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG) for detectable warnings on curb ramps and platform edges and outline the considerable research evidence that supports recommendations for the design and use of other types of TWSI that go beyond alerting PVD to a transition from a pedestrian to a vehicular way.

Neuroinclusive Design: Beyond Compliance Toward Sensory-Responsive Accessibility

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 

12:00 PM MDT

Via Zoom

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.

Operationalizing Accessibility in Healthcare- Implementation Guidance for Healthcare Organizations

Thursday, June 25, 2026 

12:30 PM MDT

Via Zoom

People with disabilities experience significant disparities in health and healthcare outcomes. This is largely because healthcare organizations (HCOs), even the most well-intentioned, remain inaccessible. The Disability Equity Collaborative’s latest resource, “Accessible Healthcare for People with Disabilities: An Implementation Guide for Healthcare Organizations,” is one of the few resources available to support HCOs in delivering equal access to care for their patients with disabilities.

Whether your organization is a small clinic or a large health system, join us to learn how you can use DEC’s Implementation Guide to establish system-level processes that facilitate equal access to care for your patients with disabilities. We will review the Guide’s four chapters; dive into the step-by-step guidance, tools, and resources provided; and share other organizations’ experiences using the Guide to improve access to care.

Protecting the Rights of Parents and Prospective Parents with Disabilities

State and local child welfare agencies, as well as courts, are responsible for protecting your children and families. But they also need to ensure that as a parent, guardian, or prospective parent with a disability, you are not discriminated against based on disability. By doing so, courts and agencies not only will be helping to place your children in safe and caring homes—they will also be complying with the ADA.

Accessible Healthcare for People with Disabilities

People with disabilities experience significant disparities in health and healthcare outcomes. Healthcare organizations, even the most well-intentioned, remain largely inaccessible and inequitable for people with disabilities. We have found few comprehensive, evidence-based resources available to support healthcare organizations, clinicians, and staff in delivering high-quality care for patients with disabilities. This Implementation Guide seeks to fill this gap.

Digital Literacy Trainings

In-Person and Virtual

The Arc and AT&T have joined forces on a nationwide program that is bringing digital skills training to people with disabilities and their families. Digital literacy is critical in today’s world to learn, apply for jobs, be socially connected, and more. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, people with disabilities are three times more likely to not go online than people without disabilities.