Welcoming visitors of all abilities through your organization’s doors is important. The National Endowment for the Arts’ Cultural Administrator’s Handbook, Design for Accessibility, is a great place to start understanding cultural accessibility. Here are a few more resources listed by category:
General
- How do we define disability? Check out RespectAbility’s Disability FAQ
- Art of Access’s Core Accessibility Concepts
- Universal Design: What is it?
- Smithsonian’s Accessible Exhibition Design document
- National Endowment for the Art’s Arts Accessibility Checklist
- The Kennedy Center’s Resources
- ADA design standards (updated 2010): Best practices here
- Rocky Mountain ADA Center resource website
- Art Beyond Site: Training Resources
- NYC’s Museum Access Consortium’s Tips for Making All Visitors Feel Welcome
- RespectAbility’s Inclusion Toolkit
- Job Accommodation Network (JAN): Resources for employers, employees, and job-seekers
- Colorado Service Animals Laws
Resources: Visitors with Autism
- Autism in the Museum’s guides and ideas
- The Autism Community Store. Local Denver social enterprise, owned and operated by parents and siblings of children with autism, therapists, and people with ASD.
- Lone Tree Arts Center Sensory Friendly Performer Preparation.
Resources: Visitors with Low Vision/are Blind
- American Council for the Blind’s Audio Description Project
- The Kennedy Center’s Producing and Distributing Large Print and Braille Programs
Resources: Visitors who are d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Communication 101 tips from the Hearing, Speech, and Deaf Center
- Understanding Assistive Listening Devices
- City of Denver Deaf Services Resource Guide (updated 2017)
- Linguabee American Sign Language interpreting services