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Accessibility
Cross References
Discipline-Based pages for those concerned about
issues of physical, emotional, and Developmental Access
Master
Sites
Americans
With Disabilities Act (ADA)
This is the officiel Justice Department website for the ADA.
Many technical resources are available on the site
Artists
With Disabilities
Focusing on people’s ABILITIES, and creating jobs for
artists and other people with disabilities through the sale of over 800,000
promotional and advertising specialty items. This woman run
organization focuses on returning artists and other people with physical and
or developmental challenges to the workforce throughout the country.
National Coalition of Arts
Therapies Associations (NCATA)
The National Coalition of Arts Therapies Associations (NCATA),
founded in 1979, is an alliance of professional associations dedicated to
the advancement of the arts as therapeutic modalities. NCATA represents over
8000 individual members of six creative arts therapies associations. The
page offers links to the various discipline-specific therapy organizations
as well.
Taconic
Resources for Independence
TRI Online! is a enter for Independent
Living on the World Wide Web, serving people with disabilities, their
friends, families and community. Here you will find a wealth of
disability-related information, resources, news, books, program descriptions
and thousands of links to other disability web sites.
VSA
Arts (Formerly called Very Special Arts)
Very Special Arts is a major pioneer in the
field of integration of the disabled and arts communities. With chapters and
centers around the world, this is a very important organization. The website
provides links to the statewide chapters as well as many of the
international centers. Chapters at the more local level do not seem to be
linked, however one would presume that one could find local resources via
the regional links which are provided. 
General
Sites
Art
ideas for Special Artists
From an artist in Australia, this website presents
curricular projects specifically intended for students with disabilities.
Richard
Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts
Based in Leicester, England, The new
Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts was opened by Diana,
Princess of Wales on 27th May 1997. The Centre is open to all, with its
focus is people with disabilities and other members of the public who have
previously found access to arts education difficult.
Hospital
Audiences, Inc.
HAI provides access to the arts to New Yorkers who are
isolated from the cultural mainstream. HAI service recipients include people
with mental and physical disabilities, mentally retarded/developmentally
disabled persons, bed-confined/wheelchair-users, hearing/sight-impaired
persons, the homeless, the frail elderly, youth at risk, participants in
substance abuse programs, persons with HIV/AIDS and individuals in
correctional facilities.
NAEMI
"Because Disabled Artists want to work
too." NAEMI is a non profit organization devoted to increasing public
awareness and understanding about art created by persons who have
experienced mental illness.The website includes a nice online art gallery.
National
Forum on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities
This website comes from a 1998 conference held at The
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. The page
includes concept papers as well as the text of the keynote address.
Nuvisions for
Disabled Artists, Inc
Established in 1984, Nuvisions
encourages artists with physical disabilities by providing exhibition and
educational opportunities, as well as the shared sensitivity and emotional
support needed for personal and professional growth. Programs include group
exhibitions, artists' dialogues, workshops, demonstrations and access to a
variety of art, marketing and transportation resources adapted to individual
needs. While exhibitions are limited to artists with physical disabilities,
membership is open to all art lovers, creating an environment conductive to
creativity, collaboration and success. Nuvisions serves the Southeastern
Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey area.
Project Ability
Project Ability is a developmental visual arts organization
working to promote equality of access to the arts for all those who are
marginalized within the community. The organization, based in Glasgow,
Scotland, has over fifteen years experience of developing arts activities
with people of all ages who have disabilities or mental illness, elderly
people, members of minority communities and socially disadvantaged people.
Misc
Famous
Artists and Performers With Disabilities
A very extensive listing from Disability Resources Monthly
Navigating
the Body
This website is produced by a collective of
four women suffering from chronic pain. They produce their art as part of
the theraputic process....and exciting art it is! This may be one of the
most beautiful sites on the internet and it shows what can be done in the
web art medium. The site is image intensive though so it may be slow loading
on your computer.
Worth the wait though.
Accessibility
Issues
Access
Expressed
From Very Special Arts Mass., this web page
offers a series of fascinating articles about the state of access to the
arts. The articles also feature Artist Spotlight Interviews and book
reviews, etc. The collection of articles is very extensive and covers a wide
variety of disciplines.
Access
Expressed Network
From From Very Special Arts Mass., this site
is an online forum in which those interested in issues of arts accessibility
can share their views. No longer a very active site.
Arts
Access, by Ronald L. Mace Architect
This is a very informative and inspirational
article on architectural access issues, written by an architect who himeself
is a member of the disabled community. This article, resides on the Kennedy
Center Artsedge server.
WGBH Media
Access Project
A host of resources are available here from information on
closed captioning to information on making websites more accessible to those
with disabilities. Descriptive video services are also profiled. Nice site.
Discussion
Forums
Artists
with Disabilities
This discussion group is especially strong in the area of
use of adoptive technologies in the service of disabled artists
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