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For consumers who read these titles we like to clarify terminology and also to understand that chairs in and of themselves do not prevent MSI’s (misnamed RSI’s here). RSI stands for [...]

  HI David thanks for the follow up; the OBC 2006 has always had some components of “barrier free design” in it. The OBC which is currently undergoing its third & final review [...]

At Optimal we recommended people look up the best cities and locations where people with disabilities are foremost in the designs and way finding. This translates well to young families with [...]

Cannot go wrong with Herman Miller – high end excellent furniture and seating. OPC Inc

We carefully researched the English dictionaries and Latin roots of the word Ergonomic. At Optimal we have used the correct term Ergonomic for over 22 years. Proud of my command of the English [...]

Canada wake up – Designers Wake up- Architects wake up – to the designs required to allow Ageing In Place. This needs to be legislated to take place. I am not a big fan of legislation [...]

Glad to hear Glaxo finally undertook recommendations our firm made to them a number of years ago. We have provided clients with evidence as to why standing is critical both physically, medically [...]

This response stems from an excellent discussion taking place in the Accessibility Group with Linked In. I thought this was worth sharing as the general public through no fault of their own [...]

This response stems from an excellent discussion taking place in the Accessibility Group with Linked In. I thought this was worth sharing as the general public through no fault of their own [...]

How does the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation affect me? On June 3rd, 2011, the AODA Integrated Accessibility Standards became law. This set of standards includes three of the five [...]