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Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator's Handbook

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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 the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader. See instructions for downloading PDF documents.

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Individual Sections and Chapters (PDF)

PDFForeword & Goal of Handbook

PDFTimeline: Civil Rights for People with Disabilities: Framing the Discussion

PDFChapter 1: Planning with Inclusion as the Goal

PDFChapter 2: Legal Overview: the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act

PDFChapter 3: Architectural Access

PDFChapter 4: Architectural Access to Historic Properties

PDFChapter 5: Effective Communication and Program Access

PDFChapter 6: Accessibility in Arts and Humanities Activities

PDFChapter 7: Meetings, Panels, Lectures and Conferences

PDFChapter 8: Training for Staff, Board Members, Volunteers and Constituents

PDFChapter 9: Audience Development and Marketing

PDFChapter 10: Accessibility is a Work in Progress

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