Author: Berger, Deidre E.

Publication Year: 1979

Media Type: Conference paper/presentation

Summary:

Proceedings of the conference, Access to cultural opportunities: museums and the handicapped, held at Gallaudet College, Washington, DC, February 22-24, 1979. The conference was held to acquaint the museum field with the new law and implementing regulations regarding museum accessibility to handicapped persons.

Abstract:

Proceedings of the conference, Access to cultural opportunities: museums and the handicapped, held at Gallaudet College, Washington, DC, February 22-24, 1979. The conference was held to acquaint the museum field with the new law and implementing regulations regarding museum accessibility to handicapped persons.

CONTENTS
Foreword.
Session Abstracts.
Conference proceedings:
     1. Why are we here? by Deborah Sonnenstrahl and Michael Templeton.
     2. A history of the handicapped civil rights movement by Larry Molloy.
     3. Museum desires of the handicapped by Harold Snider, Gertrude Galloway and
         Anita Ornof.
     4. Accessibility legislation: three views by Betty Griffin and Susan Liberman.
     5. The steps to compliance by Sy DuBow, Dennis Schatz and Susan Gans.
     6. Current programs of accessibility by Janet Kamien, Katherine Schwartz,
         Charles Steiner and Claire Isaacs.
     7. Needs assessment surveys by E. B. Brown, Lowell Bernard and Peter Lassen
     8. Developing museum staff sensitivity by Bonnie Gellman, Ray Bloomer and
         Holly Overman.
     9. Coping with physical considerations by Peter Lassen, Anthony Baby and
         Roger Cicchese. 
   10. Needs and solutions in collections-oriented museums by Ann Vernon.
   11. Funding needs for accessibility projects by Linda Evans, Lawrence Riccio,
         Antoinette Jacobs and Bonnie Gellman.
   12. Where do we go from here?

Appendix:
     1. Section 504 regulations.
         HEW final rules.
         NEA final rules.
         NEH proposed rules.
         NSF proposed rules.
     2. Bibliography.
     3. Resource organizations.
     4. Sample needs assessment survey.
     5. Sample materials:
              Plimoth Plantation education program.
              Museum information/orientation brochures.
              Exhibition guide edited for deaf students.
              Outline of staff sensitivity training session.
     6. List of conference registrants.
     7. About ASTC [Association Science-Technology Centers].

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Accessibility