Planning Accessible Events
Accessible
Meetings, Events, and Conferences July 2015,
Digital updated version of June Isaacson Kailes and Darrel
Jones' 1993 work, A Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings. The
Mid-Atlantic ADA
Center and TransCen Inc. sponsored this update and publication in
recognition
of the 25th anniversary of the transformational Americans with
Disabilities Act
(ADA) of 1990. The updated version includes both regulatory updates
(from the
2010 update to the Act) along with practical actionable guidance.
The
Accessibility
Planning and Resource Guide for Cultural Administrators is an
online companion to the
printed text Design for Accessibility:
A Cultural Administrator’s Handbook (2003). The
Guide
provides guidance to cultural administrators on how to achieve
accessible and
inclusive programming for everyone including individuals with
disabilities and
older adults. It is designed to help your organization not only comply
with
Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act but also to assist
in
making access an integral part of your organization, including its
staffing,
mission, budget, education, meetings, programs and beyond. This
document takes
these laws and principles and applies them to cultural service
organizations
and other arts and humanities groups in both the public and private
sector.
The Guide
outlines a step-by-step
"nuts and bolts" process for achieving accessible practices by
setting the standard and illustrating how cultural organizations can
make it
happen. It features examples of “best practices” that illustrate
specific
methods for opening existing programs, services, facilities, and
activities to
individuals with disabilities and older adults, as artists, arts
administrators, board members, volunteers, teachers, students and
audience
members. This online text takes advantage of Internet technology by
presenting
and linking to a wide variety of resources that assist cultural
organizations.
It is also provides necessary information to enable arts and humanities
service
organizations to assist their grantees/constituents in achieving
accessible programming.
Americans with
Disabilities Act Compliance
Guide for Organizations,
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1995,
225
pages, Hardcover.
<>Informal
presentation on ADA
compliance with chapters on: program access and nondiscrimination;
physical
access; communication access; and employment practices. Gives steps for
completing an ADA compliance plan, contains checklists, planning
sheets,
samples of ADA compliance plans and lists many resources available for
additional information and assistance. (Compliance with the
transportation
provisions of ADA are not covered).
Emergency
Travel Safety Tips for Overnight Stays, Edition 1
–
October 2017 - Tips for everyone. *Items are specifically for
people with
disabilities who because of a variety of disabilities (mobility,
breathing,
allergies, hearing, seeing, walking, understanding or chronic
conditions) may
have difficulty or be unable to: use stairwells, hear alarms, see or
read exit
signs and understand instructions. Safety tips include: check-in, personal
support, in your guest room, other
safety tips and more resources.
Inclusive
Event
Procedures for Emergencies,
Edition I, October 2017 - Event procedures for emergencies should be
incorporated into event planning. Emergency procedures should
anticipate the
needs of everyone. Planning should recognize that there will be
attendees with
disabilities who may need evacuation or other assistance in an
emergency. These
attendees have a variety of disabilities (mobility, breathing,
allergies,
hearing, seeing, reading, understanding) or chronic conditions and may
have
difficulty or be unable to: use
stairwells,
hear alarms, see or read exit signs and understand instructions.
Contents include:
applying emergency planning strategies, safety considerations for site
selection, projecting numbers of attendees with disabilities, checklist
for
inclusive emergency safety briefings for attendees, emergency
planning with event facilities staff and more resources. Readers
should use
this emergency event guidance in conjunction with information
found in “Accessible
Meetings, Events, and Conferences Guide.” http://www.adahospitality.org/accessible-meetings-events-conferences-guide/book
Removing
Barriers: Tips and Strategies to Promote Accessible Communication, North
Carolina Office on Disability and Health and Woodward Communications.
1999. 40
pages.Reference
guide that addresses the
basics on ways to effectively communicate and interact with people with
disabilities. Accessed 11.10.09
Temporary
Events
Accessible Temporary Events, A Planning
Guide
, Ron
Mace, Rex Pace and Leslie
Young, 2002, 103 pages, $5
How to
plan, promote, and provide
accessible temporary events such as fairs, festivals, exhibits,
concerts,
races, tournaments, shows, and rallies. Addresses temporary parking
locations,
portable toilets, signage, and sound amplification systems as well as
issues
from Disability Awareness to Advanced Planning, Access to the Site,
Participating
in the Event, Service and Support Facilities as well as Resources
available in
the community to assist with accessibility. Note: Publication also
available
from DBTAC – Call toll-free line at (800) 949-4232 to be
connected
to the center serving your area. Information is also available on the
DBTAC
website at www.adata.org
ADA
Guide for Small Towns: Temporary Events , Department
of Justice – March 2000,
accessed 10.31.09
Temporary Events, Indiana
Protection and Advocacy, accessed 11.10.09
Speaker Tips
Accessibility
Guidelines for Presenters, Edition
IV, July 2015,
Provides
how-to information for effectively including diverse
audiences when presenting. Most of these guidelines will enhance the
effectiveness and quality of your presentation for people both with
and without
disabilities.
Speaker Guidelines from American
Public Health’s Association Disability Forum’s Accessibility
Committee, 2004:
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