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NEA Office for AccessAbility
Information on activities, services, and partnerships.

Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator's Handbook
Designed to help organizations not only comply with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, but to assist in making access an integral part of planning, mission, programs, outreach, meetings, budget and staffing.

Accessibility Coordinators List
State Arts Agency and Regional Arts Organization accessibility contact information.  (Formerly known as 504/ADA Coordinators.)

ADA Compliance and Technical Assistance State Resource Directories
Compiled by The National Arts and Disability Center, directories include listings of organizations and agencies that provide technical assistance regarding ADA and the Arts in each state.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The full text of the ADA statute as well as links to ADA-related resources online.

Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center
Information about individual and small business group health insurance options available in each state. The Actor's Fund.

Disability Access Symbols
Developed with the Graphic Artists Guild Foundation, it is a graphics package of 12 major access symbols, available online or on computer disk, designed to help organizations better advertise their accessible programs and facilities.

VSA arts State Organization List
Formerly Very Special Arts, VSA arts is a private, non-profit, international organization that provides programs in creative writing, dance, drama, literature, music and visual arts for individuals with physical or mental disabilities. Contact your state's VSA arts organization to request reference materials, bibliographies, and people you can contact within your state or community.

Independent Living Centers
Independent Living Centers are typically non-residential, private, non-profit, consumer-controlled, community-based organizations providing services and advocacy by and for persons with all types of disabilities. **A good place to make sure your doing your building designs and renovations right the first time.

Community Development Block Grants
NEA Report on federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for removal of barriers in both public and private cultural facilities and programs.

Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design
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.

Media Arts Resource List
Organizations that can assist in the production and funding of media projects, federal agencies that relate to such projects, and resources to aid in closed and open captioning and audio description.

Children With Disabilities Resource List
Organizations that assist families and children with disabilities find the resources and support available to them in the arts and elsewhere.

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