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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED223042 AUTHOR: Kamien, Janet; And Others
TITLE: Is There Life After 504? A Guide to Building and
Program Accessibility.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 48 p.; Funds were also provided by the Polaroid
Corporation.
ABSTRACT: Intended for administrators and trustees of
cultural institutions, the booklet offers guidelines for
evaluating buildings and programs in terms of accessibility
to the handicapped, locating and making good use of advisors
and consultants, training staff to deal successfully with
disabled visitors, taking advantage of the available
resources and expertise, working with a wide range of
disabilities, and understanding various disabilities and
their ranges. Chapters address the following topics (sample
subtopics are in parentheses): commitment to accessibility;
formation of an advisory board to represent the disabled
constituency (selecting advisors, finding advisors, the
advisor's role); building accessibility (steps for
determining physical accessibility of facilities); exhibit
accessibility (visitors using wheelchairs, visually impaired
visitors, and hearing impaired visitors); orientation
materials (types of materials, the Braille dilemma); program
accessibility (communication, the Children's Museum model,
services for the retarded); staff training (training program
design, questions raised by staff, training strategies);
public relations (the teletypewriter telecommunications for
the deaf); information about disabilities (physical or
orthopedic handicaps, hearing impairments, mental
retardation, learning disabilities, emotional problems,
seizures); and affirmative action hiring (legal requirements
and "reasonable accommodation"). (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administration-; Affirmative-Action; Design
Requirements; Individual-Characteristics; Program
Development; Program-Evaluation; Public-Relations; Staff
Development
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Accessibility-for-Disabled; *Disabilities
; *Museums-
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