Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator's Handbook
Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator's Handbook represents an
update of the Arts Endowment's The Arts and 504 (1992) with additional
information from the 700-page Design for Accessibility: An Arts Administrator's
Guide produced by the Arts Endowment and NASAA in 1994. This resource is
designed to help you not only comply with Section 504 and the Americans with
Disabilities Act, but to assist you in making access an integral part of your
organization's planning, mission, programs, outreach, meetings, budget and
staffing.
Hardback copies of the book can be ordered through the NASAA Web site at
http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/design_access.shtml.
Design for Accessibility: A Cultural
Administrator's Handbook is also available in Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to
view PDF documents, you first need to download and install
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 Design for Accessibility:
A Cultural Administrator's Handbook (3MB)
Individual Sections and Chapters (PDF)
Foreword & Goal of Handbook
Timeline: Civil Rights for People with Disabilities: Framing the Discussion
Chapter 1: Planning with Inclusion as the Goal
Chapter 2: Legal Overview: the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act
Chapter 3: Architectural Access
Chapter 4: Architectural Access to Historic Properties
Chapter 5: Effective Communication and Program Access
Chapter 6: Accessibility in Arts and Humanities Activities
Chapter 7: Meetings, Panels, Lectures and Conferences
Chapter 8: Training for Staff, Board Members, Volunteers and Constituents
Chapter 9: Audience Development and Marketing
Chapter 10: Accessibility is a Work in Progress
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