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Embracing the Accessible Era Seminar 2005
Embracing the Accessible Era was held by Accessible Arts on Wednesday 7th December 2005 to celebrate International Day of People with a Disability.
The professional development seminars provided examples of how to increase access for people with a disability to a venue, event or program in the short, medium and long term. Available for download is a collection of seminar papers on access to the arts from presentations given at the Accessible Arts Seminars 2005.
Seminar Papers
Working to Integrate Access on a Budget (71k)
Toner Stevenson
General Manager of Sydney Observatory
ACCESS – International Practice and Inspirational Examples (80k)
Gareth Wreford
Executive Director, Arts Access Australia
SOH Disability Access Plan: A train or a tennis ball? (46k)
Carolyn Stewart-Smith
Manager of Planning and Governance
Communicating Access: Expanding Your Audience (53k)
Alison McLaren
Audience Development Officer
Accessible Arts
Using Captions in the Arts (556k)
Alex Varley
General Manager
Australian Caption Centre
Audio Description 2005 (203k)
Brett Wightman
Volunteer Coordinator
Vision Australia
Understanding Legislation (43k)
Graeme Innes
Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
If you encounter difficulty opening these files or require further information please contact our Audience Development Officer, Alison McLaren.
Phone: 02 9251 6499
Fax: 02 9251 6422
E-mail: amclaren@aarts.net.au or
Post: Pier 4, The Wharf, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, NSW, 2000.