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By Carla Mardonet

In accessibility, Accessible, accessible design, Accessible Technology, accommodation, AODA, Blindness and wayfinding, Build Code, Built environments, Human Factor, Human Factors Design, JESleeth Josh Fick, OPC Inc., Optimal Performance Consultants Inc., Universal Design Posted September 10, 2015

When you hear Optimal Performance Consultants talk about Human Factors in Accessible Design this is what we mean

In OPC Inc’s Ergonomic, Human Factors and Accessible Design practice we find that many clients and even the general public are not aware of how these three areas of expertise are [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In accessibility, Accessible, accessible design, accommodation, ADA, AODA, AODA Act, AODA Consultants;, AODA Experts, Build Code Posted January 8, 2013

Urgent from Optimal Performance; The AODA Build Code Review until March 2013 with Launch January 2014!

Ontario CodeNews from Optimal Performance Consultants for January 7 2013! Public Consultation on Building Code Accessibility Requirements Until March 1 2013 to Launch January 2014. Public [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In accessibility, Accessible, accessible design, accommodation, Accomodation, ADA, AODA, AODA Act, AODA Consultants;, Blindness and wayfinding, Diagnosis, disability, disabled community, Ergonomic design; Ergonomics Posted October 18, 2012

How the use of Politically correct language in Ontario is preventing employers and; employees from dialogueing about the AODA

“Is it ok if I use the word disabled or is the word handicapped better? I have a friend who prefers to use the word handicapped to describe himself”? “I would like to talk to an [...]

By Carla Mardonet

In Uncategorized Posted June 11, 2012

Accessibility will be tested in Human Rights Tribunals says Olga Dosis of OPC Inc

In case employers in Ontario who are just starting to become aware of their mandatory role with the AODA Act wonder if this will be tested have a read of this Vancouver paper’s coverage of [...]