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Top Accessibility Features Event Planners Must Include in 2025

Why Accessibility Is No Longer Optional Event accessibility is no longer a nice-to-have — it’s a must-have. Furthermore, in 2025, expectations around accessibility, inclusion, and sensory-friendly design will only continue to rise. In addition, attendees, sponsors, and regulatory bodies now expect events to accommodate diverse needs, from mobility access to sensory inclusion with key accessibility

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Sensory-Friendly Certification for Event and Conference Professionals

Why Professional Sensory-Friendly Certification Matters Today’s event attendees expect more than entertainment or networking — they expect inclusion.Being an event planner or conference organizer who holds sensory-friendly certification shows you have the knowledge and skills to create welcoming, accessible environments for everyone. In this guide, you’ll learn exactly why becoming sensory-friendly certified as an individual

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An Inclusive Champion’s Retreat: A Case Study in Sensory Friendly Event Planning

Making Conferences Accessible for All: The B Corp Example Have you ever attended an event and felt overwhelmed by the bright lights, loud noise, and bustling crowds? For people with sensory sensitivities, these seemingly minor discomforts can be significant. In fact, they are enough to deter people from attending conferences. Furthermore, sensory overload from bright

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Building Bridges, Not Barriers: How Sensory Awareness Elevated an Inclusive Conference

Beyond the Checklist: Innovative Approaches to Sensory-Friendly Conference Design The “Let Us Help Each Other” conference, held in March 2024 at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre in Nova Scotia, Canada, promised a compelling platform: accessibility and disability from indigenous perspectives. But for conference organizers, they wanted to do more than ensure critical pieces, like

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How to Create Sensory-Friendly Events

A Guide for Businesses and Organizations Sensory-friendly events are becoming increasingly common as more people identify as having sensory sensitivities and the experience of sensory overload. For instance, these events cater to individuals who experience discomfort or overload from certain sights, sounds, smells, tastes, or touches. Moreover, by creating a sensory-friendly environment, businesses and organizations

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