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 Access Umbrella, Inc. Services
Access Umbrella offers a wide variety of services pertaining to access and universal design that meet the needs of any-sized corporation or non-profit organization. Read more about the following training and consulting services we offer:
Access Umbrella provides your organization with training customized to address the issues of your managers, employees and customers. Knowledgeable facilitators have wide-ranging expertise in the seminars they lead. Training environments are informative, interactive, and non-judgmental. Participants are encouraged to voice opinions, concerns, and experiences related to the topic of access and people who have disabilities. Access Umbrella also assists with in-house training initiatives through inclusive curriculum development and train-the-trainer programs specifically designed for the needs of your organization.
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Members of Access Umbrella are strong advocates for the application of universal design concepts which foster usability of products, environments, services and events by all people. Their philosophy is that there is increased benefit and value when products and spaces meet the needs and expectations of most people.
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The universal nature of the 4MAT System makes it a powerful framework for:
- systematically reaching all learners,
- effectively managing change,
- operational team building,
- identifying strengths and challenges in organization systems,
- increasing productivity in your workforce,
- developing a clear, sequential path for organizational learning,
- producing dynamic management and leadership skills,
- improving communication,
- consensus-building and problem-solving, and
- designing strategies for corporate growth
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Access Umbrella specializes in modifications to insure compliance with federal law. The team has expertise in architectural/telecommunication requirements of the ADA, and can conduct a critique of your business's office or retail space. Access Umbrella promotes creative and cost-effective methods that will provide reasonable accommodation for customers and employees.
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Access Umbrella addresses the needs of employees and managers who recognize the importance of interacting appropriately with a person who has a disability. Trainers address uncertainty about what to say or do in a given situation. Access Umbrella's team will demonstrate techniques that increase productivity among colleagues and improve customer service. The training environment created by facilitators allows participants to understand how changes in policy, procedure, and expected behavior can improve the work environment for an entire organization.
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Access Umbrella provides businesses with tools to recruit effectively and hire employees who have disabilities. This promotes inclusion in a workforce and creates a work environment that provides greater access for all employees.
Access Umbrella's expertise will:
- increase proficiency when interviewing people of varying abilities,
- raise the comfort level of interviewers when addressing prospective employees who have disabilities, and
- develop skills related to assessing an applicant's proficiency in fulfilling essential job functions of a position.
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Access Umbrella consults with writers and producers about development of theatrical, television and film roles that involve characters who have disabilities. Expertise includes subject matter development, script reviews, and creative suggestions that insure appropriate portrayal by the industry. Access Umbrella also professionally and effectively presents access and universal design initiatives to the news media.
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Access Umbrella advises on educational issues with corporate and not-for-profit organizations. Members of the team have applied their skill and creativity to school-based programs, museum exhibit designs, diversity training programs, and web sites that are adjuncts to children's television programming.
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Current statistics related to the large number of people who have some type of disability represent a likelihood that many attendees of a planned event will require some kind of accommodation. Access Umbrella has broad experience consulting with conference and meeting planners to insure that an event will be inclusive, and allow for participation by most attendees. Access Umbrella consults on production of event materials in accessible formats, use of appropriate audio-visual aids, arrangement of accessible transportation, scheduling of sign language interpreters, and training of wait staff and other auxiliary personnel.
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Assistive technology refers
to devices and services that are specifically
designed for people who have functional limitations
that interfere with conducting business. Examples
of assistive technology can improve an environment
or product by doing such things as amplifying,
magnifying, or manipulating them. Access Umbrella
can assess your organization's needs related
to accommodating your employees and customers
thereby increasing productivity and satisfaction.
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Access Umbrella teaches techniques for making information accessible to the greatest possible number of people. Seminars conducted provide tools of description to docents, customer service personnel, label and copy writers, and sales staff. Access Umbrella offers advice about how to make captioning or description available for any given situation.
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