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Assistive Device Standards for Wheelchairs RESNA, Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America. RESNA members promote the exchange of ideas and information for the advancement of assistive technology. RESNA develops standards for assistive devices in the following areas: wheelchairs (including scooters), wheelchairs and transportation, wheelchair seating, support surfaces, vision and hearing impairments, adaptive […]

By January 1, 2012 Ontario business must have employees trained with polices and procedures in place to deliver appropriate customer service to customers with disabilities. Source: www.cfib-fcei.ca Optimal Performance Consultant’s research finds only 30% of small & med size businesses are compliant with the first phase of the AODA called Customer Service Standards, CSS. This […]

HI Folks at Architectural Signage Linked In Group …. OPC’s Jane Sleeth weighing in as the questions you are asking have been well researched over the last number of decades – both the distance one can read a sign from and the size and type of icons which should be used on signs. What you […]

In any given year, anywhere from 24 to 44 per cent of office workers report the presence of pain and discomfort in their neck, shoulder, arms or hands, according to large-scale surveys conducted by or reviewed by The Institute for Workplace Health, in Toronto. A less-than-optimal set-up of a computer workstation can increase the risk […]

Academy Awards Ad Makes Pitch To Disability Market – Disability Scoop. How do people with disabilities “watch” and consume media? How does a 7 year old blind girl watching a movie? How does someone who is deaf “listen” to music on Sirius radio? Check out this ad which aired during the Academy Awards and see […]

Breakfast Seminar BOMA- Toronto The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is the Law. What Building Owners and Facility Managers must know in order to Comply. Tuesday, March 24 2015 | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Acadian Court – 401 Bay Street West The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is an […]

BEKANT Desk sit/stand – birch veneer/white – IKEA. For employees who have a bona fide medical issue such as discogenic back injury with referred symptoms past the knee(s), or employees with DVT risk coupled with job demands which truly require them to sit for long periods of time (customer contact centres, accounting, call centres) this […]

What is Ergonomics? ….the frustrating thing about ergonomics is two fold; 1. many companies think ergonomics is about “posture” and buying equipment which represents a very limited approach to ergonomics and 2. when people who are not qualified ergonomists such as patient practitioners including chiropractors, ot’s and PT’s or equipment and furniture sales people get […]

TLOMA – TLOMA February 2015. Article by Jane Sleeth of OPC Inc re what is next for compliance with the AODA for Law Practices in Ontario.

Wondering what is next for 2015 and the AODA and your Company? Remember the goal is an accessible Ontario by 2025 so there are many things to accomplish and report on including: -All employees in large organizations need to received training on the Ontario Human Rights Code as it pertains to the IASR Feedback processes […]

There are an increasing number of requests for sit to stand workstations resulting from major marketing campaigns on the part of the furniture manufacturers.  As well anecdotal headlines such as “sitting is the new smoking” and “sitting will kill you” have led to a large increase in the # of employees who request sit to […]

Even with regular exercise, excessive sitting linked to disease, premature death – OHS Canada Magazine. Great review of the literature by top researchers regarding sitting at work & negative health outcomes. What we are missing here are the equally important studies about risks associated with static standing at work. At OPC Inc we advise our […]

OPC Inc and our consultants have been providing clients with cognitive and mental function evidence about how open office concepts and low height dividers negatively impact us all. Need more evidence? Read some of the top studies conducted by leading organizational Psychologists and Human Factors Specialists. These designs save money on real estate indeed. The […]

The Quote extracted from an Abitrated Case by Arbitrator Surdykowski in Hamilton Health Sciences Supra Note 18 at Paragraph 40 2011, is outlined in this Blog as it is very important and timely given how often Physicians are submitting notes to HR and FM in the workplace regarding; -what equipment must be put into place […]