Accessibility

COVID Safety

To keep our immunocompromised community safe, we recommend that all attendees take a rapid test before the conference, and we will have rapid tests available on-site. We encourage and welcome the use of masks, which will also be available at the conference.

Physical Space: 

An accessible building features map for the space will be available on this page soon. All workshop areas will have clear paths and locations for mobility devices.

A lactation room is available on campus (information coming soon)

All-user (all gender) restrooms are located at: (information coming soon)

Transportation and Parking 

• Note that on this day, parking is FREE, no permit or ticket required in all PCC parking lots. 

Trimet routes to and from Campus

Downloadable Campus Map

Accessible Building Features Map(s)

Translation and Language Needs: 

During online registration, attendees may request a wide variety of language translation, large font handouts, and/or other electronic materials in advance. 

Creating Accessibility Together 

(From the National LGBTQ Task Force Creating Change 2023 Conference) 

"In the spirit of learning how our communities can be inclusive of and accessible to all people, we offer these guidelines for creating a community where people with disabilities are valued and respected.

• Understand that disabilities are ordinary and familiar parts of who people are. 

• Ask and wait for an answer before you try to help someone. 

• Do not pet, offer food to, nor interact with service animals at work. 

• Speak at a moderate volume and pace and practice active listening. 

• Address the person you are speaking to, not the interpreter who is there to facilitate communication.

• Practice patience and adjust with those who learn and/or communicate at a different pace or in a different way than you do. 

• Avoid flashing lights on your clothes or with photography in public spaces.

• Be prepared to move chairs to make room for people using wheelchairs, wherever they may wish to sit at plenary sessions and workshops. 

• Don’t gather in the middle of hallways and always leave room for people to pass safely. 

• Use fragrance-free products or stay away from designated “Scent Safer” areas. 

• If you smoke, do so in designated areas, away from entrances. 

• Everyone has the right to use the accommodations they need without being criticized or questioned. 

• Listen to the needs and stories of disabled people when they are volunteered; yet please respect people’s privacy and boundaries by not asking unnecessarily intrusive questions." 

Source: LGBTQ Taskforce Creating Change Attendee Guide 2023