I believe if someone needs an aide, the aide should get in free.  We have
many people in our studio classes who require an aide in their daily
lives--we do not charge the aides to attend the class, only the student.
It's no different from requiring a certain ratio of adult chaperones for a
paid school tour:  we require the chaperones (and I assume the school would
want to send them) but we don't count them as part of the tour numbers when
figuring the charge for the entire group.

But I agree with Indigo that there should be no discounts for disabled
individuals.  We have programs in place that allow people with demonstrated
economic hardships to apply to receive scholarships or reduced rates for
classes (and to my knowledge we have not turned anyone down for this type of
accommodation if they cared enough to go through the steps to ask for it);
however, the nature of our business means that they need to exercise a
certain degree of planning to take advantage of these programs.  Maybe there
could be some sort of membership program that allows someone with economic
difficulties (for whatever reason--a physical disability or a social
disadvantage) to apply for a special membership card that allows inexpensive
or free access to the museum and would include a provision for an aide. It
would certainly allow the museum to demonstrate they are reaching this
segment of the population and track the usage of this program.

Julia Muney Moore
Director of Exhibitions and Artist Services
Indianapolis Art Center
820 E. 67th St.
Indianapolis, IN  46220
(317) 255-2464 x233
FAX (317) 254-0486
email <[log in to unmask]>
website <http://www.indplsartcenter.org>


-----Original Message-----
From: Indigo Nights [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 8:27 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: question


I would be reticent to provide disabled discounts and
definitely would not allow aides in for free.

Some might think that strange coming from me, but the
bias that is presumed by getting that discount is that
disabled can't work and therefore should be able to
access the facility at a much reduced rate.

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