Pac Rim 2009 Info
Workshop—Barrier Free Environments
Tuesday, May 5th, 3:30 – 5:45 pm, Hawaii Convention Center, Room 302B
The session will have four sections that address how barrier free design affects employment, housing, and services in facilities that serve individuals with disabilities, parents with babies, parents with special needs children, children with special needs parents, temporarily disabled, and senior citizens.
The participants will have a better understanding of the functional ergonomics of barrier free design and construction.
- Learn how the elements of barrier free design support essential safety, health and welfare for these and other individuals.
- Understand how barrier free design and construction, facilitates employment, usable homes or lodgings, and provides greater access to goods and services.
- Learn what primary barrier free elements invite and sustain participation.
- Understand how to apply barrier free tolerances in the design and specification of site elements, products, fixtures, and components, for compliant constructed projects.
- See how barrier free elements can be used to conserve and preserve historical or ecologically sensitive sites.
Speakers
Jean Tessmer, ASID—designer for Space Options, is a federally qualified barrier consultant and professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers and a National Council for Interior Design Qualification. She has 22 years of experience integrating ergonomically functional accessible commercial and residential design in Hawaii and on the mainland.
As part of her commitment to train other professionals, she speaks at local seminars and has conducted Yosemite NPS accessibility videoconference and FHWA internet conferences that were broadcast to sites around the country. Jean has provided accessibility expertise for residential, commercial, and government projects, including the USS Arizona Memorial National Historic Park, Kamehameha Schools commercial properties, Parker Ranch Shopping Center, and Happy Hollow Park and Zoo in San Jose California. She also participates in public hearing on the development of the ANSI A117.1 Standard, California Title 24 Access Code, and the Hawaii State Building Code Council.
Sheryl Nelson is the executive director of the Statewide Independent Living Council. She is active in the community and is a life long advocate for independence and choice. Equal access to facilities, employment, and recreation are a few of her primary interests. She has a variety of experiences that through her sense of humor help educate about barriers and solutions to accessing the world.
Charlotte Smith—Participated at University of Illinois in the development of the ANSI A117.1 access standard, worked for 26 years at NASA as a scientist, established the Mayors Commission on Persons with Disabilities on Maui, developer of educational programs to teach financial skills, author, and holds a pilots license.
FOR CEU CREDITS please contact: James Brightman, Office phone: (808) 956-3648, Facsimile: (808) 956-7878, Cell phone: (808) 489-6059, Email: jamesdb@hawaii.edu or Jean Tessmer, Space Options, design@spaceoptions.com.
