About
Stephen Twist, Stephen Twist Consulting, Inc.
Certified Access Specialist, CASp #393
ICC Certified Plans Examiner
A Certified Access Specialist (CASp) since 2012 and an ICC Certified Plans Examiner since 2007, Stephen Twist, owner and principal of Stephen Twist Consulting, Inc., has worked inside the regulatory permit approval process throughout his career. He understands how CASp services protect businesses and property owners from frivolous disabled access lawsuits.
As an ICC Plans Examiner, Steve is intimately familiar with the procedures, policies and Code requirements that make getting a building permit go more smoothly for the permit applicant.
Whether your need is ADA compliance or Code compliance, Steve is ready to come alongside and assist as a member of your team to provide recommendations and time-tested solutions specific to your need.
Since 2002, Steve has worked with companies in both the public and private sector — from small retailers and entrepreneurs to large corporations — all with one goal in mind: to provide a valued service to his clients.
Why accessibility, specifically
I contracted polio at nine months old in Pasadena, Texas. My family moved to Denver soon after, and in 1958 I became the March of Dimes poster boy for Denver's campaign — a three-year-old in leg braces on the side of 300 city buses. I have used crutches and leg braces my whole life.
Denver, 1958. This card ran on the side of 300 city buses. I still have it.
In October 1991, over eleven days, I climbed Mount Whitney — 14,505 feet, the highest peak in the lower 48. I was the first person to do it on crutches and leg braces. I had a six-man team who guided the route, tied me off and hauled the gear, but every step up that mountain was under my own power.
I mention it because it explains what I do now. I have spent my life measuring whether a space works for someone moving through it differently — a curb, a slope, a doorway, a parking stall. When I inspect your property, I am not reading a code book in the abstract. I am looking at it the way someone has to live it.