Links Passion Works: A Story of Flying
Visit this extended site about the film to find out more about
the art and the studio and the artists and community they have
impacted. The site also features downloadable lesson plans,
discussion guides and wallpaper.
www.woub.org/passionworks/
Art Organizations
Passion Works Studio supports collaborations between artist with and without developmental disabilities. On this site you can find out more about the studio behind the film.
http://www.passionworks.org
The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that
funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio
communities culturally, educationally and economically.
Visit the site to find out more about the organization that helped
Passion Works studio get its start and continues to help them
grow.
http://www.oac.state.oh.us/
The National Arts and Disability Center (NADC) is the national information dissemination, technical assistance and referral center specializing in the field of arts and disability. The NADC is dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities into the visual-, performing-, media, and literary-arts communities. Its resource directories, annotated bibliographies, related links and conferences serve to advance artists with disabilities and accessibility to the arts.
http://nadc.ucla.edu/
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public
agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new
and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing
leadership in arts education. The site features a wealth of resources
including: accessibility, self-discipline, funding, health insurance,
and planning.
http://www.arts.endow.gov/
VSA arts is a nonprofit organization that creates learning opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities. The site includes information about affiliates, programs and events, arts research, as well as a variety of resources for artists, parents and educators. A plethora of useful and accessible information on matters of education, the creative arts, disabilities, and accessibility is available for download on the site.
http://www.vsarts.org/
Disability Awareness
Ten Commandments of Etiquette for Communicating with People with Disabilities located on the United Cerebral Palsy Web site outlines interaction and etiquette tips to help you in communicating with persons with disabilities.
http://www.ucp.org/ucp_generaldoc.cfm/1/9/6573/6573-6573/190
Access and Opportunities: A Guide to Disability Awareness was prepared by VSA arts as an informational tool for those who want to gain additional knowledge about disability and tips for social etiquette and positive interactions. The Guide should be viewed as a starting point for readers to increase their basic knowledge, initiate discussion, and clarify myths and facts about people with disabilities.
http://www.vsarts.org/x523.xml
Accessibility
NEA Accessibility Resources offers an extensive range of accessibility resources for artists, arts organizations, and audiences. Some of the numerous resources include accessibility guides and checklists, state resource directories, information about health insurance, independent living centers, and universal access.
http://www.arts.gov/resources/Accessibility/index.html
Arts Access Made Easy: Successful Strategies from the Award of Excellence in Arts Access demonstrates how organizations can create full access to the arts through thoughtful planning. It explains how an organization can contribute to access by being sensitive and responsive to the needs of people with disabilities through design and implementation, guidelines and policies, printed materials, communication to the public, and physical design of their program.
http://www.vsarts.org/documents/
resources/general/arts_access_made_easy.pdf
Accessibility Planning and Resource Guide for Cultural Administrators outlines a step-by-step "nuts and bolts" process for achieving accessible and inclusive programming for everyone. The online text links to a wide variety of resources that assist cultural organizations and provides necessary information to enable arts and humanities service organizations to assist their grantees/constituents in achieving accessible programming.
http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Planning/index.html
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.
http://www.si.edu/opa/accessibility/exdesign/start.htm
Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement
DisabilityInfo.gov is a comprehensive resource designed to provide people with disabilities with the information they need quickly and easily. The site provides access to disability-related information and programs available across the government on numerous subjects, including civil rights, community life, education, employment, housing, health, income support, technology and transportation.
www.disabilityinfo.gov
The National Disability Rights Network serves a wide range of individuals with disabilities. Find out how they guard against abuse; advocate for basic rights; and ensure accountability in health care, education, employment, housing, transportation, and within the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
www.napas.org
The Disability History Project is a community history project that allows disabled people to reclaim their history and determine how they want to define themselves and their struggles. People with disabilities have an exciting and rich history that should be shared with the world.
http://www.disabilityhistory.org/index.html
The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement
Project was launched in 1996 to capture the history of
a remarkable movement by people with disabilities to win legally
defined civil rights and control over their own lives. A rich
collection of personal papers and the records of key disability
organizations join the oral histories, comprising an in-depth
research resource for the study of a contemporary social movement
that has changed the social, cultural, and legal landscape of
the nation.
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/drilm/aboutus/project.html
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