Meeting Accessibility

Meeting Accessibility 

The FLC is committed to providing National Meeting attendees with accessibility features to ensure an inclusive environment. Indicate your accessibility-related needs during the registration process to help us help you.    

Personal Care Assistant Policy  

Personal care assistants attending the meeting with you do not need to register. However, if your assistant plans to eat or drink the provided food and beverages during coffee/tea breaks, lunches, or receptions, we ask that you pay a special fee. Contact the FLC at [email protected] for pricing.  

Meeting Hotel 

The Westin Seattle 
1900 5th Avenue 
Seattle, WA 98101 
Tel. +1-205-728-1000   

All of the hotel’s meeting spaces, public spaces, and on-site restaurants are accessible. All levels of the hotel are accessible by elevators.    

Accessible Hotel Features 

  • Accessible on-site parking. 
  • Elevators on all floors. 
  • Self-operating lift or a sloped entry into swimming pools. 
  • Service animals are welcome. 
  • Valet parking for vehicles outfitted for drivers in wheelchairs. 
  • Van-accessible on-site parking. 
  • Accessible public entrances, on-site pool, fitness and business centers. 

Guest Room Accessibility 

  • Accessible vanities. 
  • Adjustable height hand-held shower wand/roll-in shower. 
  • Alarm clock telephone ringers. 
  • Bathtub grab rails and bathtub seat. 
  • Closed caption TV. 
  • Deadbolts on guest rooms and suites. 
  • Electronic room key. 
  • Flashing door knockers. 
  • Self-closing guest room and suite doors.  
  • Guests in mobility-accessible rooms may inquire about lowering the bed height. 
  • Hearing accessible rooms and/or kits. 
  • Lever handles on guest room doors. 
  • Lowered electrical outlets. 
  • Mobility accessible rooms. 
  • Safety chains and/or latches on guest doors. 
  • TTY/TTD Compatible. 
  • Toilet seat at wheelchair height – toilet for disabled. 

Parking and Transportation 

  • Self-parking for cars. 
  • Accessible transportation (requires advance notice to hotel staff). 

Closed Captioning and Translation Services 

Real-time closed captioning of all plenary sessions will be available in English and will also be available as transcripts following the sessions via links that will be provided. Closed captioning will be provided for every training course, session, and plenary.    

Microphones 

Microphones will be used by speakers and will be available for audience participation.    

Restroom Access 

Accessible restrooms are available on each level of the hotel, including locations near the meeting spaces.     

Seattle Accessibility 

Seattle welcomes all visitors and offers accessibility information for local businesses, attractions, and hotels. For more information, click here.   

Wheelchair Accessibility  

The hotel has a level entrance with automatic doors and the route to the elevators is level. Elevators lead to the guest and meeting rooms. Multiple wheelchair-accessible guest rooms are available, each with a walk-in shower or tub and grab rails. Meeting rooms are large enough to accommodate wheelchair access. Lunch tables will provide ample space for wheelchairs, and volunteer assistance will be available upon request.