Working Design skill
Plan event accessibility
Build accessible participation into the physical, digital, content, communication, and support journey.
Procedure
- Define the attendee journey from invitation and registration through arrival, participation, emergency, and follow-up.
- Consult representative disabled people and qualified access specialists early.
- Inventory barriers in transport, routes, rooms, seating, toilets, stages, acoustics, lighting, signage, food, and quiet space.
- Plan captions, interpretation, assistive listening, accessible documents, media, microphones, remote access, and support.
- Create a respectful accommodation request and fulfilment process with restricted data.
- Include access needs in venue, supplier, speaker, staffing, rehearsal, safety, and communication plans.
- Test physical routes, digital tools, content, emergency information, and alternative access with real equipment.
- Publish accurate access information and keep an owned issue and recovery channel active.
Guardrails
- Do not claim a venue or event is fully accessible from a checklist alone.
- Never expose disability or accommodation information beyond people who need it to deliver access.
- Do not make a person arrange or pay for basic participation access that organizers control.
--- name: plan-event-accessibility category: design description: Build accessible participation into the physical, digital, content, communication, and support journey. Use when an event must work for people with varied disability, language, sensory, mobility, and communication needs. --- # plan-event-accessibility ## Procedure 1. Define the attendee journey from invitation and registration through arrival, participation, emergency, and follow-up. 2. Consult representative disabled people and qualified access specialists early. 3. Inventory barriers in transport, routes, rooms, seating, toilets, stages, acoustics, lighting, signage, food, and quiet space. 4. Plan captions, interpretation, assistive listening, accessible documents, media, microphones, remote access, and support. 5. Create a respectful accommodation request and fulfilment process with restricted data. 6. Include access needs in venue, supplier, speaker, staffing, rehearsal, safety, and communication plans. 7. Test physical routes, digital tools, content, emergency information, and alternative access with real equipment. 8. Publish accurate access information and keep an owned issue and recovery channel active. ## Guardrails - Do not claim a venue or event is fully accessible from a checklist alone. - Never expose disability or accommodation information beyond people who need it to deliver access. - Do not make a person arrange or pay for basic participation access that organizers control. ## Done - An accessibility plan maps barriers, adjustments, owners, evidence, and alternatives across the journey - Physical, digital, content, communication, and emergency access tests are recorded - Attendee information, fulfilment, escalation, and unresolved limitations are current