Accessible Housing
ADA-designated hotel rooms in the Mayflower hotel will be specifically set aside for individuals requesting them. Please notify the hotel of your request with as much advance notice as possible.
Chemical Sensitivity
All AALS events are smoke-free and, as often as possible, held in smoke-free venues. Smoking is not permitted in any meeting or session rooms, business, or networking events, or AALS-sponsored social events. Please be aware that some venues (i.e., offsite) may allow smoking in public areas. Cigarettes may be used in designated smoking areas as determined by the venue. Specific requests can be made to hotels within our block and the meeting venues that chemicals not be used in guest rooms on carpeting or other surfaces.
Hearing Support
Sign Language Interpreters
Attendees may request a sign language interpreter for the Conference. Please email your request by May 10, 2024. Sign language interpreters are provided for AALS-sponsored events only.
CART
Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) is a word-for-word speech-to-text interpreting service for people with a hearing loss or who would otherwise benefit from this accommodation. Attendees may request CART service for the Conference. CART will be provided for AALS-sponsored events only. Please email your request by May 10, 2024.
Nursing Parents
AALS will provide a room with electrical power, a refrigerator, and a locking door for nursing parents who attend AALS meetings. Please visit the AALS Registration Desk for access to the room.
Meeting Room Setup
AALS will ask hotels to provide adequate aisle space and cut-outs for persons with wheelchairs and other mobility devices in all meeting rooms. Please note standard head tables (when used) include a podium and microphones on the tables and podium. If you are presenting and require additional accommodations (such as a ramp, or lavaliere microphone), please contact AALS at AALS Accommodations in advance. Every effort will be made to set meeting rooms/locations to accommodate all attendees, both speakers and audience members.
Mobility Constraints
Because the workshop has numerous concurrent sessions, there can be distance between sessions. If you are a regular wheelchair user, we suggest you bring your chair with you to the meeting.
Registration of Personal Aide/Companion
Should you require an aide or personal assistant to help navigate the workshops, AALS will register your aide as a complimentary guest. Please contact AALS Accommodations to register your personal aide (name, city, and state is required for the badge) which can be picked up at AALS Registration. Personal aides may attend sessions and AALS sponsored meals. If you need AALS to arrange for an aide to help you navigate the meeting, please email your request to AALS Accommodations to outline the specific type of assistance required. To best accommodate your request, we ask that you notify us of your request as much in advance of the meeting as possible.