Ableism Awareness
In this workshop, you’ll learn about ableism, which is the discrimination against people with disabilities, based on the assumption that the disabled community is ‘less than’ their non-disabled peers and often includes stereotypes and generalizations. This training will increase your awareness of ableist mindsets, perceptions, and behaviors and discuss steps you can take to create a more disability-inclusive environment including replacing ableist microaggressions with disability-inclusive microaffirmations.
Audience: For everyone
Creating Accessible Documents
This training targets the importance of creating accessible documents to ensure equal access for all individuals to your documents and presentations. Accessible documents include clear content, are direct and easy to understand, and are universally usable for people with and without disabilities. This workshop will provide an overview of Microsoft Office accessibility checkers and additional tools available to all university community members to create accessible documents. Topics will include creating headings, using appropriate color contrasts, and formatting techniques to increase the usability of documents.
Audience: For everyone
Creating Accessible Presentations
This workshop will focus on developing and delivering accessible presentations. It will cover accessible design in common presentation platforms and discuss the pros and cons of those platforms for accessibility workflow. Learn how to build or remediate presentations with accessibility in mind, and what considerations to have in sharing and delivering accessible presentations.
Audience: For everyone
Creating Deaf-Centric Spaces
Whether you’re hosting a campus-wide event or have a private meeting with a Deaf employee, your venue or office can be a welcoming place! We will discuss what your space should look like in regards to the space and proximity that is most conducive to visual communication, the sensory reach of the table and seating arrangements, the way mobility and proximity affect the layout of the setup, preparing the lighting and coloring for less eye strain, and how the acoustics of buildings can affect vibrations and residual hearing for Deaf individuals. We will also discuss tips for interacting with members of the Deaf community with or without an interpreter.
Audience: For everyone
Creating a Disability-Centric Workplace: Adding Accessibility to DEI(A) 2.0
Join the ADA Team to learn how you can create a disability-centric workplace as part of your DEI(A) efforts across the university community. Topics will include hosting inclusive events and meetings, disability-inclusive language, and etiquette.
Audience: For everyone
Employee’s Guide to Workplace Accommodations
In this lunch and learn, ECRT's ADA Team will provide an overview of the interactive process for employees. Topics will include what is an accommodation, how to request reasonable accommodations through the Accommodate database, what documentation is needed, what to expect during the process, and much more.
Audience: Any employee
Everything You Need to Know About Service Animals
In this training, participants will learn the differences between service animals, service animals in training, and emotional support animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). You will learn about service animal etiquette, what questions can be asked of handlers, and when and where service animals and emotional support animals are allowed in the classroom, workplace, housing, and in public spaces. Participants will also learn the answers to the most frequently asked questions about service and emotional support animals and will have an opportunity to hear about real-world situations involving service and support animals and how to handle them.
Audience: For everyone
Interview & Hiring Process Accommodations
In this workshop, you’ll learn about the varying stages in which an employee can request accommodations, including during the hiring and interview processes. This training targets the differences in the Interactive Process if reasonable accommodations are sought prior to the start of employment, language etiquette, examples of accommodations in these early stages, and frequently asked questions by applicants and employers.
Audience: Supervisors, hiring managers, human resource representatives
Introduction to Disability & ADA
The goal of this presentation is to enhance awareness of the Americans with Disabilities Act, who/what/how individuals are protected by the ADA, and the Equity, Civil Rights, and Title IX (ECRT) ADA team’s various roles in navigating accessibility and disability matters through the University of Michigan’s community. Presenters will provide an overview of the compliance obligations under the ADA, various disability models, how to address requests for reasonable accommodations and will provide an overview of the many accessibility and disability resources available to the University of Michigan community.
Audience: For everyone
Neuro-Inclusion and Disability Centered Workspaces
In this workshop, you will learn about the term "neurodiversity" and the idiosyncratic nature of individuals categorized in this population. You will also learn about the practice of Neuro-inclusion which recognizes and invites variability in ways of processing and interacting, rather than devaluing the differences we may experience when working with neurodiverse colleagues. This presentation will elaborate on approaches to implementing and advocating for neuro-inclusive environments.
Audience: For everyone
Supervisor’s & HR Partner’s Guide to the Interactive Process
In this workshop, supervisors will learn how to recognize requests for reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), strategies for creating an inclusive environment for employees with disabilities, best practices to document the interactive process, and how to approach questions and concerns from employees with disabilities and coworkers.
Audience: Supervisors, managers, human resource representatives
The Interactive Process: Determining Reasonable Workplace Accommodations
This training will focus on the steps of the Interactive Process which allows Accessibility Specialists to facilitate a positive dialogue with employees and units to navigate reasonable accommodations in the workplace. Presenters will expand on what determines the reasonableness of a workplace accommodation and how reasonable accommodations can support an employee’s ability to perform their essential job functions.
Audience: Employees, supervisors, managers, human resource representatives