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Send by email2013 Access to Design Professions Symposium and Workshop
About the Symposium (Apr. 11):
Learn how universal design pioneers and leaders have influenced and transformed their professions to attend to the needs of all people equally. A sign-language interpreter will be present and the venue is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other mobility devices.
Speakers/Panelists:
- Elaine Ostroff - Institute for Human Centered Design
- Patricia Moore - MooreDesign Consultants
- Susan Goltsman - MIG
- Chris Downey - Architect, Architecture for the Blind
- Catherine J. Kudlick - Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability
- Ralf Hotchkiss - Whirlwind Wheelchair International
- Dmitri Belser - Center for Accessible Technology + Ed Roberts Campus
- Erick Mikiten - Mikiten Architecture
About the Workshop (Apr. 11–13):
The workshop will target prospective or current SF State students -- in particular, students with disabilities -- interested in applying to design majors. The workshop will include presentations, activities and exercises for the student participants centered around an inclusive design overview and assessment of the recently renovated SF State Library and the West Campus Green Park scheduled to open in March 2013.
Enrollment in pre-workshop orientation and workshop is limited to prospective and current students. Priority consideration will be given to students with disabilities. Please contact the organizer if you would like to register as an observer/non-student participant.
Accommodation Requests:
This event is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other mobility devices. To request a sign language interpreter, real-time captioning, materials in alternate formats, or other reasonable accommodations, please contact the organizer.
About the Access to Design Professions Program at SF State:
Access to Design Professions is a leadership initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with the goal to increase and support the participation of people with disabilities in the design professions. The objectives of Access to Design Professions Program (ADP) in post-secondary schools is to support the recruitment of people with disabilities into careers in design.
The purpose of this event is to promote universal and inclusive design principles to potential Community College Transfer, or Continuing SF State students, in particular, students with disabilities, so that they may pursue applying to the design majors at SF State, such as:
- Apparel Design and Merchandising - Bachelor of Science
- Industrial Arts - Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Minor
- Industrial Design - Bachelor of Science
- Interior Design - Bachelor of Science
- Visual Communication Design - Bachelor of Science
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