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Grass Roots: Joint SMC/GEM Project
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Access and the DDA Resources

Please click on the links to access the organisations’ websites and contact information (see also Access and the DDA Contacts).

Museum / gallery / heritage specific resources

• Barrierfree, the quarterly magazine of the Museum and Galleries Disability Association (MAGDA)
• Disability Portfolio (MLA, 2003 onwards). A series of 12 guides on different areas of disability, which are being produced in batches of 4.
• Resource Disability Action Plan: Achieving equality of opportunity for disabled people in museums, archives and libraries (Resource, 2002)
• Access to Museums, Archives and Libraries for Disabled Users: Self Assessment Toolkit 1 (Resource, 2002)
• Disability Directory for Museums and Galleries (Resource, 2001)
• MLA have also launched a Disability Database for Museums, Archives and Libraries, providing online access to trainers, auditors and consultants. For more information please visit the MLA website at http://disabilitydatabase.mla.gov.uk/
• Exhibitions for All: A practical guide to designing inclusive exhibitions (National Museums of Scotland, 2002)
• Access in Mind: towards the inclusive museum (Intellectual Access Trust, 1998. See Access and the DDA Contacts)
• Welcoming your visually impaired customers: arts and heritage (RNIB, revised 2002)
• Talking Images Research - Museums, galleries and heritage sites: improving access for blind and partially sighted people (RNIB and Vocaleyes, 2003)
• Talking Images Guide - Museums, galleries and heritage sites: improving access for blind and partially sighted people (RNIB and Vocaleyes, 2003)
• Building Bridges: Guidance for museums and galleries on developing new audiences (Museum and Galleries Commission, now MLA, 1998)
• Access Plans: helping your application (Heritage Lottery Fund, 2003)

Other publications and resources:

• Disability in Scotland 2002: Key Facts and Figures (Disability Rights Commission, 2002)
• The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) in a nutshell (Vision Sense, 2003)
• Leisure and the DDA: your guide to understanding the Disability Discrimination Act (RNIB, 2000)
• Access Audits (Centre for Accessible Environments, 1999)
• Making Websites Accessible (Scottish Accessible Information Forum, not dated)
• Access by Design, the quarterly magazine of the Centre for Accessible Environments.
• Plain English Campaign have useful downloadable information about writing clearly. You can find this on their website at www.plainenglish.co.uk
• The RNID have various useful documents and factsheets on their website. You can find this at  www.rnid.org.uk

 

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