Disability Awareness Training
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Disability Redefined
Disability is the world’s largest minority group,
a group that anyone can join at any time.
In this section of the Handbook, you learn about recent fundamental changes in how disability is understood, and how those changes impact accessibility in museums and cultural institutions.
Writers: & Clara Rojas Sebesta, ABS
Multimedia Producer: Lou Giansante
Contributors and Reviewers
Valerie Fletcher, Institute for Human-Centered Design at Adaptive Environments
Carole Gothelf, AHRC-NYC
Suzanne Mitchell, Rehabilitation Services Administration
Andrew Washburn, Department of Justice
Marcus Weisen, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, London, UK
Renee Wells, Consultant
Beth Ziebarth, Smithsonian Institution |