Accessibility/Overview
In partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the New England state arts agencies, NEFA works to promote accessibility in the arts through information exchange and by hosting region-wide convenings and trainings for state arts agency Accessibility Coordinators and colleagues.
Download notes and next steps from our August 2004 regional Accessibility Institute.
ACCESSIBILITY LINKS
The resources below and additional arts accessibility information can be found on the National Endowment for the Arts website
Accessibility Resources
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NEA Office for AccessAbility
Information on activities, services and partnerships
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Brochure.html
Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator’s Handbook
Designed to help organizations not only comply with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, but to assist in making access an integral part of planning, mission, programs, outreach, meetings, budget and staffing.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/DesignAccessibility.html
Accessibility Coordinators List
State Arts Agency and Regional Arts Organization accessibility contact information. (Formerly known as 504/ADA Coordinators.)
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/504.html
ADA Compliance and Technical Assistance State Resource Directories
Compiled by The National Arts and Disability Center, directories include listings of organizations and agencies that provide technical assistance regarding ADA and the Arts in each state.
http://nadc.ucla.edu/
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The full text of the ADA statute as well as links to ADA-related resources online.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/ADALinks.html
Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center
Information about individual and small business group health insurance options available in each state. The Actor's Fund.
http://www.actorsfund.org/ahirc/
Disability Access Symbols
Developed with the Graphic Artists Guild Foundation, it is a graphics package of 12 major access symbols, available online or on computer disk, designed to help organizations better advertise their accessible programs and facilities.
http://www.gag.org/resources/das.php
VSA arts State Organization List
Formerly Very Special Arts, VSA arts is a private, non-profit, international organization that provides programs in creative writing, dance, drama, literature, music and visual arts for individuals with physical or mental disabilities. Contact your state's VSA arts organization to request reference materials, bibliographies, and people you can contact within your state or community.
http://www.vsarts.org/x103.xml
Independent Living Centers
Independent Living Centers are typically non-residential, private, non-profit, consumer-controlled, community-based organizations providing services and advocacy by and for persons with all types of disabilities. **A good place to make sure your doing your building designs and renovations right the first time.
http://www.ilusa.com/linkindx.htm
Community Development Block Grants
NEA Report on federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for removal of barriers in both public and private cultural facilities and programs.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/CDBGContents.html
Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design
A useful tool developed by the Smithsonian to assist exhibition designers, curators, registrars, conservators, collections managers, designers, editors, developers, educators, and other exhibition team members to open their exhibits to diverse audiences.
http://www.si.edu/opa/accessibility/exdesign/start.htm
Media Arts Resource List
Organizations that can assist in the production and funding of media projects, federal agencies that relate to such projects, and resources to aid in closed and open captioning and audio description.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/mediarts.html
Children With Disabilities Resource List
Organizations that assist families and children with disabilities find the resources and support available to them in the arts and elsewhere.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/children.html
Resources for Artists
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Organizations that Assist Artists with Disabilities
Educational, artistic, employment, and financial resources for artists with disabilities.|
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Artistresources.html
National Forum on Careers in the Arts for People With Disabilities
The June 14-16, 1998 conference was the first-ever of its kind.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Forum.html
VSA arts State Organization List
Very Special Arts programs in creative writing, dance, drama, literature, music and visual arts for individuals with physical or mental disabilities.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/VSAtable.html
Accessibility Articles
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Breaking the Code
Kitty Lunn, actor and dancer, fights for equal rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Lunn.html
The Storm and the Calm: Access to the Arts
Joel Snyder interviews Access Theater's Rod Lathim.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Storm.html
The Secret Community: Disability and the American Theater
Victoria Ann-Lewis, actor and writer, talks about her experiences in not-for-profit theater.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Secret.html
The Non-Traditional Casting Project
Sharon Jensen, Executive Director of NTCP, gives an overview of the organization's work for diversity in theater.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/NTCP.html
Arts in Healthcare
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Arts Endowment Issues Report Calling for Greater Involvement of the Arts in Health Care
A recent symposium, hosted by the NEA and the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, brought together 40 experts in medicine, the arts, social services, media, business and government to develop a strategic plan for advancing cultural programming in healthcare.
http://www.nea.gov/news/news03/AIHRelease.html
Arts in Healthcare Resource List
Organizations that can assist in incorporating the arts into our nations hospitals and other healthcare institutions.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/artsnhealthresources.html
Resources for Older Americans
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Arts and Aging Resource List
Artistic and financial resources for older Americans and groups that promote intergenerational art.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/OlderResources.html
Chairman's Report on NEA Activities Relating to Older Americans
The NEA's current Annual Report to the Senate Committee on Aging.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/agingreport01.html
Universal Design
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Universal Design Resource List
Organizations and agencies around the country with universal design expertise.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/UDesresources.html
Community Development Block Grants
NEA Report on federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for removal of barriers in both public and private cultural facilities and programs.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/CDBGContents.html
Arts in Universal Environments
A summary and a complete report on a one-day workshop that focused on the advantages of universally designed settings for the arts held on June 14, 2000 in Providence, RI.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/DesignConf.html
Universal Design Meeting Report
On October 2-3, 2003, the Arts Endowment convened a meeting of experts from the design profession, academia, consumer groups, and government to develop recommendations for broadening the practice of universal design and shaping future funding priorities. The focus of this effort and this movement is to create more inclusive communities.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/ud/contents.html
Images of Universal Design Project
Information about a new juried collection.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/UDesignPR.html
Social Justice in Architecture: Promoting Universal Design and Human Diversity in Architecture Education and Practice Through the Accreditation Process
This paper highlights the issues facing architecture students with disabilities as well as the lack of attention to human diversity in architectural education. It emphasizes the extraordinary demographic and societal changes that demand more enlightened designers and design. The paper identifies the existing NAAB Conditions and Procedures that can begin to address these issues and suggests slight modifications in language that can further respond to these needs. It offers some suggestions for the site visit and preparation of members of accreditation visiting teams.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/ud/Adap_Env.html
Universal Design at Work: The Millay Colony
A new, fully accessible building opens at the Millay Colony for the Arts.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Millay.html
Related Sites
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Adaptive Environments Center
A non-profit organization, AE was founded in 1978 to address the environmental issues that confront people with disabilities and older Americans.
http://www.adaptenv.org
Integrated Arts
A disability arts organization whose mission is to promote access to the arts and encourage social integration. They are building an environment where people, with and without disabilities, collaborate to develop innovative ways of producing and enjoying art.
http://www.icomm.ca/iarts
National Arts and Disability Center
A resource, information and training center dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of persons with disabilities into the visual-, performing-, literary-, and media-arts communities.
http://nadc.ucla.edu
The National Disability Arts Forum
Established in 1990 to foster equality of opportunity for disabled people in all aspects of the arts.
http://www.ndaf.org
The Non-Traditional Casting Project
The Non-Traditional Casting Project (NTCP) is a not-for-profit advocacy organization established in 1986 to address and seek solutions to the problems of racism and exclusion in theater, film and television.
http://www.ntcp.org
WebABLE! Solutions Seminars and Workshops
WebABLE! Solutions conducts on site training, seminars and accessibility workshops for the World Wide Web, emerging technology and usability/accessibility design.
http://www.webable.com
Other Resources
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The Web has revolutionized the dissemination of information about Accessibility issues and resources. The following are just a few of the many excellent sites focused on the subject:
Blazie Engineering
http://www.freedomscientific.com/
DO-IT/University of Washington
http://www.washington.edu/doit/
Evan Kemp Associates
http://www.disability.com/
Gallaudet Research Institute
http://www.gallaudet.edu/
GO HEAR
http://www.gohear.org/
Learning Independence Through Computers, Inc. (LINC)
http://www.linc.org/
National Arts and Disability Center
http://nadc.ucla.edu/
National Center for Accessible Media/WGBH
http://ncam.wgbh.org/
National Center on Accessibility
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Enca/
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
http://www.loc.gov/nls/
Trace Research and Development Center
http://trace.wisc.edu/
Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
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