Accessibility Audits & Program Design

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We assess policies, environments, and programs to ensure they align with neurodiversity justice, then provide actionable recommendations for redesign and implementation. Unlike traditional compliance-based audits that focus narrowly on legal minimums, our approach is rooted in the social model of disability and emphasizes cultural, sensory, and systemic accessibility. We believe that accessibility is not a checklist, but a living practice of equity and justice, one that requires reimagining environments, programs, and structures through the leadership and perspectives of neurodivergent people themselves.

Fish in a Tree’s accessibility audits are rigorous, holistic, and tailored to context. We examine not just physical spaces, but also policies, communication practices, technologies, staffing structures, and cultural norms. Our program design work builds on these assessments, helping organizations and institutions move from “awareness” to actionable change, whether that means redesigning events to reduce sensory barriers, rewriting policy to ensure equity, or creating new programs that actively center neurodivergent leadership.

We work with universities, corporations, nonprofits, healthcare systems, cultural institutions, tech innovators, and community organizations to evaluate how accessibility shows up, or fails to show up, across their work. From classrooms to boardrooms, theaters to healthcare clinics, parades to digital platforms, our audits and redesign processes create concrete pathways for transformation.

Sample Areas of Accessibility & Program Design

Built & Sensory Environments

  • Auditing classrooms, offices, clinics, and cultural spaces for sensory accessibility.

  • Designing sensory-friendly modifications for theaters, festivals, conferences, and parades.

  • Reimagining workplace environments to support neurodivergent productivity and wellness.

Policy & Governance

  • Reviewing institutional policies for equity, accessibility, and neurodiversity alignment.

  • Developing inclusive governance models that embed accessibility in decision-making.

  • Auditing HR and organizational policies for discriminatory practices and redesigning them for equity.

Programs & Events

  • Designing neurodiversity-affirming conferences, retreats, festivals, and parades.

  • Developing equity-centered programs for higher education, healthcare, and nonprofits.

  • Building toolkits for ongoing accessibility practices in large-scale events and recurring programs.

Digital & Communication Practices

  • Evaluating websites, digital platforms, and communication channels for accessibility.

  • Designing inclusive event registration and feedback systems.

  • Ensuring digital materials align with accessibility standards and justice-based practices.

Our accessibility audits and program design services go far beyond compliance. We help organizations see what they cannot yet see, the systemic, cultural, and sensory barriers that limit participation and equity. Every audit concludes with actionable recommendations and a partnership approach to implementation, ensuring that change is not only possible but sustainable.

Fish in a Tree combines lived experience, research expertise, and systemic insight to help organizations create programs and environments where neurodivergent people can fully belong. We provide roadmaps for redesign that are bold, achievable, and aligned with justice. Clients who work with us leave with more than a report; they leave with a strategy for transformation. Price upon request.

We assess policies, environments, and programs to ensure they align with neurodiversity justice, then provide actionable recommendations for redesign and implementation. Unlike traditional compliance-based audits that focus narrowly on legal minimums, our approach is rooted in the social model of disability and emphasizes cultural, sensory, and systemic accessibility. We believe that accessibility is not a checklist, but a living practice of equity and justice, one that requires reimagining environments, programs, and structures through the leadership and perspectives of neurodivergent people themselves.

Fish in a Tree’s accessibility audits are rigorous, holistic, and tailored to context. We examine not just physical spaces, but also policies, communication practices, technologies, staffing structures, and cultural norms. Our program design work builds on these assessments, helping organizations and institutions move from “awareness” to actionable change, whether that means redesigning events to reduce sensory barriers, rewriting policy to ensure equity, or creating new programs that actively center neurodivergent leadership.

We work with universities, corporations, nonprofits, healthcare systems, cultural institutions, tech innovators, and community organizations to evaluate how accessibility shows up, or fails to show up, across their work. From classrooms to boardrooms, theaters to healthcare clinics, parades to digital platforms, our audits and redesign processes create concrete pathways for transformation.

Sample Areas of Accessibility & Program Design

Built & Sensory Environments

  • Auditing classrooms, offices, clinics, and cultural spaces for sensory accessibility.

  • Designing sensory-friendly modifications for theaters, festivals, conferences, and parades.

  • Reimagining workplace environments to support neurodivergent productivity and wellness.

Policy & Governance

  • Reviewing institutional policies for equity, accessibility, and neurodiversity alignment.

  • Developing inclusive governance models that embed accessibility in decision-making.

  • Auditing HR and organizational policies for discriminatory practices and redesigning them for equity.

Programs & Events

  • Designing neurodiversity-affirming conferences, retreats, festivals, and parades.

  • Developing equity-centered programs for higher education, healthcare, and nonprofits.

  • Building toolkits for ongoing accessibility practices in large-scale events and recurring programs.

Digital & Communication Practices

  • Evaluating websites, digital platforms, and communication channels for accessibility.

  • Designing inclusive event registration and feedback systems.

  • Ensuring digital materials align with accessibility standards and justice-based practices.

Our accessibility audits and program design services go far beyond compliance. We help organizations see what they cannot yet see, the systemic, cultural, and sensory barriers that limit participation and equity. Every audit concludes with actionable recommendations and a partnership approach to implementation, ensuring that change is not only possible but sustainable.

Fish in a Tree combines lived experience, research expertise, and systemic insight to help organizations create programs and environments where neurodivergent people can fully belong. We provide roadmaps for redesign that are bold, achievable, and aligned with justice. Clients who work with us leave with more than a report; they leave with a strategy for transformation. Price upon request.