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2025 North Central Region Conference
Wed 3/26 - Fri 3/28, 2025
Omaha Marriott Downtown at the Capitol District
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Ethics in Human Experience in Space Design
CEU Credit:
1 AIA LU/HSW
Program Description:
This program will be an engaging conversation on how understanding impairment and disability intersects with design decisions and their impact on human experiences in the spaces we create. We will explore how a deeper understanding of impairment can enhance your ability to meet client and user needs, ensuring the human experience remains central to your design process. This approach not only improves outcomes for a diverse population but also creates expanded business opportunities. You'll gain tools to evaluate spaces holistically and move beyond the basics of compliance, fostering designs that are inclusive and impactful.
Learning Objectives:
Explain the contrast between impairment and disability in space-planning building design.
Investigate inclusive design methods to surpass current ADA guidelines.
Evaluate interior design accessibility with overall site accessibility
impact through review of several case studies.
Acquire a diversity-centered empathy response by participating in a sensory-challenge activity.
Education Session Speaker
Meaghan Walls
Owner/CEO
Assistology
Meaghan Walls is the founder of Assistology in Omaha, NE where she uses her expertise as a Rehab Engineer, Universal Design specialist and certified ADA Coordinator to provide design consultation for the built environments to increase accessibility and inclusion 'beyond the minimums of code' . She is driven by a core believe that all people deserve to be able to do the things they want, where they want and how they want. Throughout her education, research and experience she has maintained a passion to break down barriers that prevent individuals from accessing educational, recreational, vocational, home, and community activities. Meaghan holds a Master of Science in Bioengineering with an emphasis on Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology from the University of Illinois-Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana.
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