Carla Mardonet, Author at Optimal Performance

By Carla Mardonet

In accessibility, Accessible, accessible design, accommodation, ADA, AODA, AODA Act, Build Code Posted December 10, 2012

Design is Disabling not people; From a Blog called Ageing in Place Dec 9th

What if DESIGN is DISABLED, not PEOPLE? December 9, 2012 admin Aging in Place, Community Design for Aging, Empowering the Mature Market Psychology of the Built Environment, Universal Design, [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In Uncategorized Posted December 10, 2012

Stretching

Brilliant!!!!! I am so loving this and may also have fewer people staring at me when I stretch whilst filling up my car or waiting to get on an airplane or in the middle of a meeting. If we can [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In Uncategorized Posted December 10, 2012

A great stretch to complete after completing a lot of grasping (of your shovel in some parts of the US and Canada this past weekend), typing/inputting and mousing, or grasping and holding tools [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In Uncategorized Posted December 10, 2012

TGIF! Don’t forget to get up and walk e

Does every 20 minutes sound like it will interrupt your work? Easy for those of us with ADHD to do but for the rest of us doing concentrative type work or “tied” to a telephone we [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In Uncategorized Posted December 10, 2012

Glad to see the words MSI or Musculoskeletal Injuries and Disorders being used instead of RSI. The contributing factors in the workplace for MSD and MSI are a combination of ergonomic hazards not [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In absence from work, absence management, accommodation, Accomodation, AODA, attendance management, Back Pain, case law, Case Management, change of behaviour during compenstation receipt, Conferences and talks, disability, Disability Management, Disability prevention, Disabled, Doctor's notes, Duty to Accomodate Posted December 10, 2012

Do you think your DM program is solid? Attend this weeks Federated Press event in Toronto to learn how to take this up a notch

How is your DM and RTW program holding up with those back injuries which just will not go away? Is your RTW program advanced enough to guide employees with mental health illnesses? Have you tied [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In accessibility, Accessible, accessible design, accommodation, AODA, AODA Act, AODA Consultants;, AODA Training, Build Code Posted December 5, 2012

The AODA Experts at Optimal Performance forewarned employers this would happen. Here we go….

Over a year ago the AODA/ADA Consultants at Optimal Performance started to forewarn our clients and attendees at national conferences in which we were speakers that more politically motivated [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In Uncategorized Posted November 30, 2012

How the ADA and AODA are directly linked to Workforce Planning

My response in Linked In to the HR folks in the Hospitality Group regarding the importnat topic of Workforce Planning; Many employers are not looking at workforce planning as they try to get [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In Uncategorized Posted November 27, 2012

A good Blog to read as many people blame their headaches on the environment or lighting without considering their water intake (rehydration) and the posture of their neck/head when working in an [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In accessible design Posted November 27, 2012

Physical Changes in Aging Workers; An excellent a Timely Blog as this is part of why the AODA is in place for Ontario

An excellent a Timely Blog as this is part of why the AODA is in place for Ontario says Jane Sleeth lead Consultant at Optimal Performance Consultants, experts in Ergonomic and Universal Design. [...]