- !!!!!!!!NEW!!!!!!!: IN RESPONSE TO MASSIVE WOMEN’S DEMONSTRATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE TWITTER HASHTAG #AccessibleOrganizingMeans ! Check it out, and this compilation of some of the tweets, by Alice Wong (But we recommend you scroll through the entire hashtag.)
https://storify.com/SFdirewolf/accessibleorganizingmeans-disabled-people-on-acces
Both links feature tweets by In Bed With Frida Kahlo’s administrator, Emma Rosenthal - Adding Captions to Video:
http://videos.disabled-world.com/video/349/adding-captions-subtitles-to-video - Making your web page accessible
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- Planning Accessible Events
- ANOTHER ACCESSIBLE CHECKLIST– VERY COMPREHENSIVE:
http://blackbrokenandbent.wordpress.com/2012/11/17/creating-accessible-events-a-checklist-for-programmers-organizers-advertizers-speakers-and-event-attendees/ - GUERILLA GIMP GRAPHICS ( of Emma Rosenthal Studios, a project of The WE Empowerment Center) provides the following publications, for use and distribution. If these materials are helpful, we insist you use the documents in full, including copyright information, and we request a $25 donation for the unlimited use of each document, and support our efforts to bring you more resources on this issue. DISability Affirmative Events : Distribute this document at your next event to assist your audience and participants in collectively assuring full access and dignity for people with dis-abilties (PWDs). (Look for an update very shortly)
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- Creating a Plan: If your organization is not equipped for access YET!
- http://www.wscadv.org/docs/Disability_self_assessment.pdf
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- So if the bathroom in a space you throw events in isn’t wheelchair accessible, what are you going to do? Well, there are a few things you can do, right now, (not in order of importance fyi).
- http://radicalaccessiblecommunities.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/so-if-the-bathroom-in-a-space-you-throw-events-in-isnt-wheelchair-accessible-what-are-you-going-to-do/
- Disability Etiquette:
What NOT to say to a person with a Disability
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- Respectful Dis-ability Language
- Respectful Disability Language— Mobility International USA – MIUSA www.miusa.org
- http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/image
- s/PDF/pfl09.pdf People first, language, to describe people with disabilities.– a very helpful essay.
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- Workplace Accommodations- Job Accommodations Network
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- Scent Free Environments
- A Place for Us All
http://vanessahuang.com/fragrance-free/
- Products We Use
https://dragonflyhill.wordpress.com/products-we-use/
- A Place for Us All
- Making Sapce Accessible is an Act of Love for Our Community:
http://creatingcollectiveaccess.wordpress.com/making-space-accessible-is-an-act-of-love-for-our-communities/ - Scent Free Kit: Includes signs, resources, solutions and products: http://www.psac.com/documents/what/scent-free-kit-feb2006-e.pdf
- What does Fragrance Free, mean: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-fragrance-free-mean.htm
Scent Free Products: http://www.berkeleyzencenter.org/fragrance.pdf - Choose Friendship over Fragrance:
http://cleanerindoorair.org/campaigns/choose-friendships-over-fragrances/