Community
Engage with the community, and the intersection of public & private partnerships
Inclusion
Teach inclusive design practices as a process of iteration
Excellence
Lead educating on culture and standards to build a wide and lasting foundation.
"Nothing About Us, Without Us"
Reinforcing employment and retention of disabled talent in the workforce to succeed in your strategy
Alan Hejl (he/him/his) is the founder and lead Accessibility Consultant at Spark Access. With a goal to improve accessibility and disability inclusion across the mobility industry for people with disabilities, Spark Access layers solutions for sparking inclusive innovation across products, services, and employment initiatives.
Accessibility and removing barriers is a personal passion of his, as he identifies with chronic nerve pain & neurodiversity and has a partner who is paralyzed and a manual wheelchair user. Outside of work, when he isn’t cooking or gardening, Alan serves with the Ferndale Accessibility & Inclusion Advisory Commission for the city of Ferndale, Michigan, serves as a Board Member of Michigan Disability Rights Coalition (MDRC), and participates as an active member with Detroit Disability Power.”
Ferndale Mayor Melanie Piana cites Alan as “a driving force in the Master Plan and the Non-Motorized Master Plan”, and “a calm, passionate, and compassionate voice in really advocating for disability rights.” for his volunteer work with the City of Ferndale.
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