Making Accessibility Real: Guidelines for Meetings, Conferences and Gatherings

File Downloads / Links

  • Accessibility Guidelines: brochure Text
  • Consumer Guidelines: pamphlet Text
  • Accessibility Guidelines: brochure PDF
  • Consumer Guidelines: pamphlet PDF
  • Speaker's Guidelines: pamphlet PDF
  • Speaker's Guidelines: pamphlet Text

Article Publication Date: 
11/24/2003
Summary: 
This working document provides strategies for making meetings and conferences truly accessible. It includes guidelines for ensuring that appropriate accommodations are identified and provided with respect to meeting spaces and materials, communication, room and board, and transportation. The document also provides suggestions for responding to specific functional issues, as well as sample documents and a list of additional resources.
Topics: 
Accessibility
Types/Tools: 
Populations: 
N/A
Sources: 
HCBS Resource Network
Programs/Initiatives: 
N/A
Keywords: 
Model Communities
accessible meetings; speaker's guidelines; consumer guidelines; planning meetings; conferences; hotels; presentations; appropriate accommodations; identifying accessibility needs

Contact

Brenda Vitale
vitaleb@bc.edu

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/49483