Publications and Resources Available from Arts Section
The Arts and 504 - A Handbook for Accessible Arts Programming,
NEA
The 504 Regulations, Access to Arts Programs, Audience Development and Staff
Training
Arts Accessibility Checklist - Design for Accessibility: An Arts
Administrators Guide, NEA
Policies, Employment, Interior signage, Box office, Exhibits & more
The Americans with Disabilities Act Questions and Answers,
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Justice Civil
Rights Division
ADA Information Services, U.S. Department of Justice
Telephone numbers and Internet addresses of federal agencies and other organizations
that provide information and informal guidance in understanding and complying
with ADA
Organizations that Assist Artists with Disabilities, NEA
Community Theatre is Accessible Theatre, AACT Spotlight
Article written by Celia M. Hughes, Executive Director, Access Arts Austin
Theatre Classics, The League of Historic American Theatres
The Americans with Disabilities Act: What it Means for Your Theatre
by Gary Hautaluoma
Performing Arts Resource List, NEA
Visual Arts Resource List, NEA
Accessible Exhibition Design, Smithsonian Accessibility
Program, Office of the Provost
Smithsonian Guidelines
Part of Your General Public is Disabled, Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education by the Smithsonian Institution Press
A handbook for guides in museums, zoos, and historic houses by Janice Majewski
Museums and Technology: Universal Design of Web Sites,
NemaNews/Fall 1996
Applying the ADA to the Internet: A Web Accessibility Standard,
Cynthia D. Waddell, JD ADA Coordinator, City of San Jose, CA Making Your Web Site Fully Accessible, NEA Presentation by
David Low, Webmaster, NEA
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.
