Accessibility

• Access All Areas - is a practical guide for marketing the arts to people with disabilities. 
• Access and Audience Development in Australia, Arts Access Australia, 2010.                                                                
• Accessibility - Section of the Event Starter Guide, produced by the NSW Government, Community Engagement & Events.
• Accessible Arts is the peak arts and disability organisation across New South Wales. 
• Accessible Events Guide - available from the Australian Human Rights Commission disability rights site.    
• Accessible / Inclusive Cities and Communities Project (48p. PDF) - The AI.CCP Draft Report grew out of a Vancouver City Council resolution that aspired to create greater opportunities for people with disabilities in British Columbia.
• Accessible events – a guide for organisers, 2006 (25p. PDF) - developed by the Meetings and Events Industry of Australia in partnership with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.  Download available from MEA website under the Downloads of Interest tab.
• Accessible Sports Facilities, 2010 - Sport England updated guidance conveying current requirments for accessible sports facilities.
• Accessing the Arts: A resource kit - Arts Access Australia practical checklists and information sheets for arts and cultural organisations to assist in improving access and developing audiences.  Topics include: Disability Awareness, Disability Media Info, Exhibition Design, Marketing to Disability, Print & Publication, Ticketing & Seating, Venue Access Audit and Universal Access Symbols. 
• Americans with Disabilities Act - What Exhibition and Event Planners Must Know (5p. PDF) - Section 5.7.5 Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Arts Access Australia - is the national peak body of State and Territory arts and disability organizations working to increase access and participation in the arts.
• Creating Accessible Events Checklist (8p. PDF) - from Department of Culture and the Arts, Western Australia. 
• Cultural Attendance by Persons with a Disability, 2008 - Feature Article 2 - (ABS) Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
• d-ability.org - disABILITY Leisure, Arts, Sports and Lifestyle Web Guide developed by the recreational therapy service (RTS) team working through the Royal Rehabilitation Centre in Sydney, Australia.
• Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2007-2011 - Department of Culture and the Arts plan provides a strategic framework to identify areas where access and inclusion can be improved to meet the growing needs of all Western Australians.
• Disability Access Plan - Perth Theatre Trust, WA.
• Disability and Accessible Tourism: Online bibliography No.7.  by Simon Darcy, School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, UTS Faculty of Business.
• Disability Fact Pack - examines the legal and moral obligations for Australian arts organisations in providing access to the arts and cultural activities for people with a disability.  Download from website.
• Disability and Tourism: A bibliography (28p. PDF) - Compiled by Simon Darcy, School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, University of Technology, Sydney, 3rd Ed. May 2005.  
• The Games for Everyone? Planning for Disability and Access at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic & Olympic Games (12p. PDF) - Article by Simon Darcy, M.Env. Planning, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
• Guidelines for Accessible Meetings and Events - download from Manchester Disabled People's Access Group website.
• Inclusive and Accessible Special Event Planning: An Australian Perspective (39p. PDF) - Simon Darcy and Rob Harris.  Article published in the journal Event Management, Vol. 8, pp. 39–47, 2003.
• Inherent complexity: Disability, accessible tourism and accommodation information preferences (Journal article) by Simon Darcy in Tourism Management, Vol. 31, No.6, pp. 816-826, 2010.  Available to UTS staff and students via Library Catalogue, or purchase from publisher's website.
• Invite, Welcome and Respect: Planning Accessible Meetings and Events (10p. PDF) - from the  Washington State Arts Commission.
• Making Accessibility Real: A Guide for Planning Meetings, Conferences and Gatherings (32p. PDF) - A publication of The Home and Community-Based Services Resource Network, Boston, MA. 
• Making the Journey: arts and disability in Australia - download from the Arts Access Australia website.
• National Arts and Disability Strategy - from the Australian Cultural Ministers Council.
• Planning and Access for Disabled People: A Good Practice Guide, 2003 (70p. PDF) - Department for Communities and Local Government, London.  
• Sydney For All - Accessible activities and attractions - A prototype accessible tourism Web “portal” which aims to make it easier to find accessible destination experiences around Sydney for those with access needs.
• Universal Access Symbols - from the accessibleARTS website.