General
- Kennedy Center VSA Office of Accessibility
- Making Your Documents Accessible in Microsoft
- National Arts and Disability Center
- New England ADA Call Center
- Now This – Commemorating 30 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act (YouTube video)
- Penn State Library’s ADA and Disability Archive
- Vermont’s ABLE Library – a free talking book, Braille, and large print service
- Vermont Disability Service Organizations
- Vermont Services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deafblind Individuals
- Visual Arts Exhibition Accessibility Checklist
- VSA Vermont’s Disability Awareness Training (video) – please email us for a detailed verbal description
Resources for Families In Response to Tragedy
- Helping Kids Navigate Scary News Stories – PBS
- Helping Kids With Tragic Events in the News – PBS
- How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings – Common Sense Media
Events and Physical Accessibility
- 504 Workbook – National Endowment for the Arts
- Accessible Meetings & Events Quick Reference Checklist
- Design for Accessibility – The Cultural Administrator’s Handbook
- Service Animal FAQ
BIPOC-led Organizations & Anti-Racism Resources
- Anti-Racist Art Teachers
- Clemmons Family Farm
- Teaching Tolerance – What Anti-racism Means for Educators
- Ibram X. Kendi – Ableism and Racism – Roots of the Same Tree
- JAG Productions
- Juniper Creative, LLC.
- Kameko Thomas – The Invisible Disability (Podcast)
- Vermont Abenaki Artists Association
Accessible Exhibitions
Accessibility in the Arts: A Promise and A Practice – Carolyn Lazard
Smithsonian Guide to Accessible Exhibitions
Smithsonian Accessibility Toolkit- A Guide for Museums
How To Plan An Accessible Exhibition – Shape Arts & Art Connect
Resources for Museum Professionals – Access Smithsonian
Shape Arts: Accessible Exhibitions
Social Media Accessibility Checklist – Princeton & District Community Skills Centre
Downloadable Disability Access Symbols – Graphic Artists Guild
Alt Text as Poetry – Finnegan Shannon and Bojana Coklyat
UVM Center on Disability and Community Inclusion Accessible Events Guide
I Want to Be With You Everywhere – Performance Space NY
Remote Access: A Crip Nightlife Event – Critical Design Lab
Inventory of Apologies – Joseph Grigely
Access Intimacy: The Missing Link – Mia Mingus
New England ADA Center – provides anonymous technical support on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Accessible Digital Events
- Accessible Practices for Zoom Meetings – National Guild for Community Arts Education
- Accessibility Practices for Speaking During a Virtual Webinar – National Guild for Community Arts Education
- Captioning on ZOOM
- Creating a transcript using Microsoft Word
- “Digital Access: Key Elements for Inclusion of Disabled People” – an Inclusive Arts Vermont series of workshops presented in partnership with the Vermont Arts Council
- Pro Bono ASL
- Trint – Closed Captioning (Automated)
- Vermont Interpreter Referral Service (ASL)
- White Coat Captioning
Accessible Workplaces
Accessible Marketing
- Access Ability: A Practical Handbook on Accessible Graphic Design
- Accessibility Symbol Downloads
- Accessibility Toolkit – Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired
- Alt-Text as Poetry
- Choosing Words With Dignity
- Creating Accessible PDF Documents
- Making Content Accessible – Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired
- Marketing Accessibility FAQ
- Marketing Accessibility Resource List
- Plain Language: An Essential Part of Accessibility by Andrew Pulrang
- Question Mark Access Symbol Tip Sheet
- Social Media Access Tips
- Stanford Disability Language Guide
- Top 10 Principles for Plain Language Article
- What Every Designer Needs to Know About Accessibility
- Writing Respectfully: Person-First and Identity-First Language
Audio Description
- The Audio Description Project – American Council for the Blind
- Audio Description Resources – National Library Service
- Audio Description Resources – Quick Tip Sheet
- Description Key
- Guidelines for Describing Video
- Tip Sheet – Described and Captioned Media Program
For Teaching Artists
- Adapting Art Materials
- Arts Integration: The Kennedy Center
- B.E.S.T. Institute – University of Vermont
- National Core Standards for Inclusion
- Seniors & Elder Care
- Social Emotional Learning (SEL)