Resource List
Table of Contents
- EVENT AND FESTIVAL ACCESSIBILITY
- AMERICIAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), GENERAL INFO
- UNIVERSAL DESIGN
- PARKING
- SERVICE ANIMALS
- EMERGENCY PLANNING
- ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE DESIGN
- HEARING & VISION
- BRAIN-BASED CONDITIONS SUCH AS LEARNING, PSYCHIATRIC, OR COGNITIVE DISABILITIES
- EDUCATION
- TAX INCENTIVES
1. EVENT AND FESTIVAL ACCESSIBILITY
Bonnaroo Festival - Bonnaroo Access Guide for Fans with Disabilities
www.bonnaroo.com/festival-info/accessibility
New England ADA Center - "Checklist for Existing Facilities" and "Recreational Checklists"
www.adachecklist.org
DOJ - Ticket Sales
www.ada.gov/ticketing_2010.htm
DOJ - Wheelchairs, Mobility Aids, and Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices
www.ada.gov/opdmd.htm
San Francisco Mayor's Office on Disability - Accessible Public Event Checklist
sfgov.org/mod/accessible-public-event-checklist
"A Planning Guide for Making Temporary Events Accessible to People with Disabilities"
adata.org/publication/temporary-events-guide
National Endowment for the Arts - Accessibility Resources
www.arts.gov/accessibility/accessibility-resources/publications-checklists-resources
National Endowment for the Arts - "2010 Revised Regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act Titles II and III" and those of interest to cultural arts administrators
www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/NEA-ADA-TipSheet-v2.pdf
National Center on Accessibility - National Trail Surfaces Study
www.ncaonline.org/resources/articles/trails-surfacestudy-finalreport.shtml
2. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), GENERAL INFO
Department of Justice (DOJ) - Information and technical assistance on the ADA
www.ada.gov
The United States Access Board - Advancing full access and inclusion for all
www.access-board.gov
US Access Board - Animations, Americans with Disabilities Act Standards, etc.
www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-standards/guide-to-the-ada-standards/animations
ADA National Network
www.adata.org
ADA Network - ADA Factsheets
www.adata.org/ada-fact-sheet-page
Adaptive Environments
www.adaptiveenvironments.org
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)- Searchable Online Accommodation Resource for advice about accommodating specific types of disabilities
www.askjan.org
Virtual CIL - Directory of Independent Living Centers
www.virtualcil.net/cils/
3. UNIVERSAL DESIGN
The Center For Universal Design - "The Principles Of Universal Design"
www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/design/cud/pubs_p/docs/poster.pdf
Adaptive Environments - Principles of Universal Design
www.adaptiveenvironments.org/universal-design/principles-universal-design
4. PARKING
Check the parking guidelines in your state and town as well as the federal regulations.
DOJ - "ADA Compliance Brief: Restriping Parking Spaces"
www.ada.gov/restriping_parking/restriping2015.html
Access Board - Animation on Parking and Passenger Loading Zones
www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/buildings-and-sites/about-the-ada-standards/guide-to-the-ada-standards/animations
5. SERVICE ANIMALS
DOJ - "Service Animals"
www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm
DOJ - "Frequently Asked Questions about Service Animals and the ADA"
www.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.html
The Guide Horse Foundation - See "Why use a mini horse as a blind guide?" half way down on first page.
www.guidehorse.com
6. EMERGENCY PLANNING
ADA National Network Learning Session - "What Large-Scale Planned Events can Teach us About Inclusive Planning for Disasters: Lessons Learned from the 2014 World Series Championship Parade & Civic Celebration in San Francisco"
www.adapresentations.org/webinar.php?id=18
"First Responder Communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Citizens"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSKZHZdflmc
National Weather Service - "Lightening Safety"
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.shtml
7. ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE DESIGN
W3C - Web Accessibility Initiative - "How people with disabilities use the web"
www.w3.org/WAI/intro/people-use-web/Overview.html
W3C - "Tips on Designing for Web Accessibility"
www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/tips/designing.html
WebAIM - "Empowering organizations to make their web content accessible to people with disabilities"
www.webaim.org
Karl Groves - List of Web Accessibility-Related Litigation and Settlements.
www.karlgroves.com/2011/11/15/list-of-web-accessibility-related-litigation-and-settlements/
8. HEARING & VISION
DOJ - "Effective Communications"
www.ada.gov/effective-comm.htm
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.
www.rid.org
Kennedy Center for the Arts - "Assistive Listening Devices for People with Hearing Loss, A Guide for Performing Arts Settings"
www.kennedy-center.org/accessibility/guide_alds_KC.pdf
California Department of Social Services - Description of types of sign language interpreters
www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/PG1952.htm
Hands and Voices - "Deaf Interpreter, Sign Language Interpreter—What’s the Difference?"
www.handsandvoices.org/articles/misc/V13-2_interpDiff.htm
American Foundation for the Blind
www.afb.org
National Federation of the Blind
www.nfb.org
American Association of the Deaf-Blind
www.aadb.org
American Council of the Blind - "Best Practices and Guidelines for Large Print"
www.acb.org/large-print-guidelines
American Printing House for the Blind - "APHont™: A Font for Low Vision"
www.aph.org/products/aphont/
9. BRAIN-BASED CONDITIONS SUCH AS LEARNING, PSYCHIATRIC, OR COGNITIVE DISABILITIES
The ARC - For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
www.thearc.org
National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
10. EDUCATION
ADA National Network
adata.org/ada-training
US Access Board
www.access-board.gov/training
Ability Magazine - Learn about Justin Dart, Jr., one of the activists who fought for the civil rights of people with disabilities
www.abilitymagazine.com/JustinDart_remembered.html
Disability is Natural - People First Language
www.disabilityisnatural.com/people-first-language.html
R-Word - Stop using the R-Word
www.r-word.org
American Foundation for the Blind - Braille Bug
braillebug.afb.org
Lifeprint.com - American Sign Language University
www.lifeprint.com
Baby Einstein - Videos to learn ASL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABId6zFF7gU
11. TAX INCENTIVES
DOJ - Tax Incentives for Businesses
www.ada.gov/taxincent.htm