All access resources.

NSRAP seeks equity, justice, and human rights for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Nova Scotia

A fantastic resource that guides you through the three stages of creating an access plan. How to guide for using the DIY access planning workbook This tool helps you identify barriers and set goals to create an access plan. ADA's Template Access Plan

Chapter 1 - External Environment Chapter 2 - Entrances and Horizontal Circulation Chapter 3 - Vertical Circulation Chapter 4 - Internal Environment and Services Chapter 5 - Sanitary Facilities Chapter 6 - Facilities Chapter 7 - Building Types Chapter 8 - Building Management Chapter 9 - Planning Chapter 10 - Index and Terminology Entire Book

ADA's Helping you plan and conduct accessible and inclusive meetings, events, and conferences. Some elements are specific to the US, but most of the information is very valuable. Ensuring access to events requires planners to take a progressive and proactive approach. People, businesses, and organizations alike must foresee and address these potential challenges to create an accessible event.

Twelve common symbols that promote and publicize accessibility for disabled people.

This article is intended to outline best practice examples of image alt tags to help you implement these tags properly on your website.

How-to video to learn how to Audio Describe and make your videos accessible for blind and low vision social media users

A How-To video teaching you the tricks and tips for making captions for your social videos. CADET is free, downloadable caption-authoring software that enables anyone to produce high-quality caption files that are compatible with any media player that supports the display of captions. CADET can also be used to generate audio-description scripts. CADET does not require an internet connection in order to operate: it runs locally in any Web browser, so users do not need to upload private videos or proprietary content to servers or video-hosting sites in order to create captions.

The DATT serves as a resource and guide to increase innovative collaborations between professional theatre companies and Deaf artists as well as to increase engagement with Deaf audiences. We invite you to explore the DATT and join us in extending the conversation on theatre arts access, empowerment and engagement.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible. Following these guidelines will make content more accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including accommodations for blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity, and combinations of these, and some accommodation for learning disabilities and cognitive limitations; but will not address every user need for people with these disabilities. This checklist uses The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as a reference point. The WCAG is a shared standard for web content accessibility for individuals, organizations, and governments. Rooted in Rights uses accessible digital media to advance the dignity, equality, and self-determination of people with disabilities. Lots of resources. Americans with Disabilities Act information and guidelines for web accessibility. While some info is specific to the US, most of the information is still very relevant. Looking for tips on how to make your documents and social media accessible? We've created accessibility quick cards for easy reference when you are creating your content. All digital content should all accessible, no matter what type it is or what technology is used to display it. After you learn the accessibility core skills, explore good practices for content presented in different formats. Tips for effective, accessible social media use and outreach. Expanding the potential of the web for people with disabilities by empowering individuals and organizations to create accessible content.

Highly reviewed video produced by US Government. Series of training videos for disability equity and museums. Much of the information is relevant for performing arts venues. Expanding the potential of the web for people with disabilities by empowering individuals and organizations to create accessible content. This information provides guidelines for wheelchair etiquette and how to effectively and respectively interact with individuals who use mobility chairs. A great resource for businesses, schools, organizations, staff training and disability awareness programs.

This is a (non-exhaustive, ever evolving) curation of disability justice tools, resources, and best practices curated by the Creating Freedom Movements team.

A comprehensive guide to accessibility including context info, accommodations or access measures, how to list access information and additional resources. Shape Arts is a disability-led arts organisation and has a great collection of resources. An article about considerations for disabled performers. A how to guide to create better access for audiences to the performing arts.

Nova Scotia focused, reachAbility exists to serve individuals who face barriers to inclusion and community participation. The DRC is a cross-disability coalition of individuals and over 32 organizations across Nova Scotia, which is committed to promoting the equality interests of all persons with disabilities. Creating accessible programs and offerings is about more than reaching a wider, more diverse audience. It’s a chance for your organization to consider what people need so that you can serve them in the best, most universally accessible way. How an organization approaches accessibility makes all the difference. By simply taking a more holistic approach to accessibility, your organization can take huge strides toward building a culture of understanding around inclusive, accessible programs and offerings.

The province’s Accessibility Directorate has responsibility for administering the Accessibility Act and advancing disability issues within the government. The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is committed to actively engaging and working with all Nova Scotians and our diverse communities to address issues of discrimination by effectively advancing equity and dignity, fostering positive and respectful relationships, and protecting human rights.

NCAM provides a growing collection of free training and professional development resources. Includes webinars, guidelines, and links to professional development. Cooper Hewitt’s Guidelines for Image Description is a living document. The design tools here, like all creative resources, must continue to be tested in various environments and discussed broadly. These guidelines are created to be both comprehensive and responsive to provide guidance while maintaining fluidity to evolve. Paramount to this is the recognition that language is deeply rooted and understood through the context of the culture and society of its time. This practice must continue to be engaged with contemporary dialogues as image description inherently intersects with questions of race, gender, and identity.

An American site, but very helpful for exploring possible job modifications and accommodations

As language, perceptions and social norms change rapidly, it is becoming increasingly difficult for journalists and other communicators to figure out how to refer to people with disabilities. Even the term “disability” is not universally accepted. This style guide, which covers dozens of words and terms commonly used when referring to disability, can help. The guide was developed by the National Center on Disability and Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and was last updated in the summer of 2021. Free app that provides suggestions to make your writing simpler and more easily understood - crucial when considering accessibility. Optimizing legibility is particularly important for readers with low-vision (partial vision loss) and to those with certain reading disorders such as dyslexia. The links here contain information on font selection and text layout. The words you use and the way you portray individuals with disabilities matters. This factsheet provides guidelines for portraying individuals with disabilities in a respectful and balanced way by using language that is accurate, neutral and objective.

An Accessible Marketing Guide for those working in the arts to ensure that their communications are inclusive of disabled people.

Helpful way to visualize the spectrum of sensory processing.

Based on the work of Princeton's McCarter Theatre's Relaxed Performance Program.

Created for librarys, but the info is relevant to all online programming A high-level overview of some ways to create an inclusive experience for your virtual and digital events. A producer's guide to the tools and embedded values of livestreamed events.