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Accessibility 2025:
Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth

Presented by: Brendan Connolly, AIA, LEED AP | Partner, Mithun; Dorothy Faris, ASLA | Partner, Mithun

AIA/CES (HSW) Learning Units: 1.25 Hours

This video course includes English language captions and a downloadable transcript.

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This course complies with California licensure requirements for accessibility (SB 1608 and California Business and Professions Code Section 5600.05) and provides valuable information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states.

This course explores design strategies behind the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth in Vancouver, Washington, where designers and researchers translated DeafSpace design principles to create a welcoming, accessible and inclusive facility. Mithun partners Brendan Connolly, AIA, LEED AP and Dorothy Faris, ASLA, discuss the deaf-led design process that shaped both the interior and site design.

This case study also explores how an exposed mass timber wood structure reinforced these principles and contributed to the sustainability and inclusivity of the Center, including ADA-compliant and barrier-free design, and how the biophilic benefits of wood helped frame strategies for multisensory wayfinding in this extraordinary collection of gathering and teaching spaces.

For technical questions, questions about reporting your AIA credits, or to inquire about Group Rates for 5 or more people please email support@aecKnowledge.com or call 415.755.3058.

Course Prices: $40AIA members, $60 non-members
Series Prices: SAVE $35 – $45 when purchasing the four-course series ($125 AIA members, $195 non-members).

(This continuing education course is licensed for viewing to a single individual. For discounted group viewing rates, please email Melissa@aecKnowledge.com or call 415.755.3058.)

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This course is part of a special package consisting of the following courses:

ENGAGING ACCESSIBILITY AND UNIVERSAL DESIGN COURSES | PRESENTED BY YOUR COLLEAGUES | SAME LOW PRICES!


Series Prices: SAVE $35 – $45 when purchasing the four-course series ($125 AIA members, $195 non-members).

The 2025 series is presented by our colleagues from Jensen Architects, Leddy Maytum Stacy, Mithun, and Rockefeller Partners, as well as CMG Landscape Architecture, Sasaki and UC Berkeley’s Campus Architect and Manager of Physical Access Requirements.

Case studies include the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth in Vancouver, Washington, the Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground and Clubhouse renovation in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the conversion of the historic Ford Motor Company Factor in Los Angeles into an award-winning creative office space for Warner Music Group, and U.C. Berkeley’s human-centered approach for designing equitable, inclusive and accessible spaces.

These courses meet the 5 hours of continuing education requirements for California licensure or accessibility (SB 1608 and California Business and Professions Code Section 5600.05) and provides valuable information about accessibility requirements applicable in most states.

(This continuing education course is licensed for viewing to a single individual. For information on Group Rates for 5 or more people, email support@aecKnowledge.com or call 415.755.3058.)

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  • Step 1 or register with aecKnowledge.com if you have not done so already.
  • Step 2Select a course and follow instructions for course registration, registration and course viewing. Courses are available for 90 days following registration.
  • Step 3Take the CE Quiz after viewing the entire course. After you have successfully passed the quiz, a Certificate of completion will be automatically downloaded to your computer for you to save. If you are an AIA member, your AIA CES Learning Units will automatically be submitted.

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