ANNOTATED  BIBLIOGRAPHY
Museums and Accessibility
Compiled by Eric Paige, April 1994.
 
Note: Following the year of publication is the number of pages of text, the
total number of pages, the source library and call number or, if personally
owned, the ISBN number. (SUCO =
SUNY Oneonta; NYSHA = New York State Historical Association)
 
Access to Cultural Opportunities:  Museums and the Handicapped.  Washington,
D.C .:  The Association of Sciences Technology Centers, 1980.  NYSHA:  069.17
Ac22
 
 Proceedings of a 1979 conference sponsored by the Association of Sciences
Technology Centers.
 
Barraga, Natalie C.  Visual Handicaps and Learning: A Developmental Approach.
 Belmont, California:  Wadsworth Publishing C
o., Inc., 1976. 103/112.  SUCO: HV 1626 B37
 
 Explores the learning process for the visually impaired, offers guidelines
for education, and has a glossary of current and historic terms related to
visual impairment.
 
Berry, Joy.  Good Answers to Tough Questions About Physical Disabilities.
Chicago, I
llinois:  Children's Press, in cooperation with Living Skills Press,
Sebastopol, California,
 1990. 48.  ISBN: 0-156-22954-0
 
 Children's storybook exploring physical (mobility) disabilities and the
misconceptions and prejudices associated with them.  Definitely geared to
children, but a good overview of physical disabilities nonetheless.
 
Carver, Vida and Michael Rodda.  Disability and the Envi
ronment.  New York, New York: Schocken Books, 1978. 115/123.
 SUCO: HV 3000 C37
 
 British book, interesting comparison to American volumes.
 
 
 
 
 
The Commission on Education of the Deaf.  To
ward Equality:  Education of the Deaf.  1988.  144.  SUCO:  HV 2545 C73
 
 A report to the President and the Congress of the United States of America.
 
Edman, Polly K.  Tactile Graphics.  New York:  American Foundation for the
Blind, 1992. 514/525.  NYSHA: 760 Ed 54
 
A comprehensive work on producing tactile materials. Includes production
techniques and guidelines.
 
Flodin, Mickey.  Signing for Kids.  New York,
 New York:  Perigee Books, The Putnam Publishing Group, 1991. 139/142.  ISBN:
0-399-51672-7
 
 
A good introduction to some basic words and phrases in American Sign
Language.
 
Groff, Gerda and Laura Gardner.  What Museum Guides Need to Know:  Access for
Blind and Visually Impaired Visitors.  New York
, New York:  American Foundation for the Blind, 1989.  55.
 NYSHA:  069.17 G893
 
Kenney, Alice P.  Access to the  Past:  Museum Programs and Handicapped
Visitors:  a Guide to Section  504 -- Making Existing Programs and Facilities
Accessible to Disabled Persons.  Nashville, Tennessee:  American Association
for State and Local History, 1980.
 
Lawrence, Edgar D.  Sign Language Made Simple.  Springfiel
d, Missouri:  Gospel Publishing House, 1975-9.  226/240.
 SUCO:  HV 2474 L38 1979
 
 
Illustrated guide to Signing.  Many words, phrases, and sentences, many
religious.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Majewski, Janice.  Part of Your General Public Is Disabled.  Washington,
D.C.:  Smithsonian Institution Press. 1987
.  90/93.  Available in Written, Braille, and Audiocassette Versions.  Video
also available.
 
 
Comprehensive resource covers physical and learning disabilities as well as
concerns of senior citizens.  A must read for anyone working with the
visiting public.
 
Meyer, Luanna and Charles A. Peck and Lou Brown.  Critical Issues in the
Lives of People with Severe Disabilities.  Baltimore, Maryland:  Paul H.
 Brooks Publishing company, 1991.  649/669.
 SUCO:  HV 1553 C75 1991
 
 Heavy duty read
ing.
 
Mid-Hudson Library System.  Now That We've Met,What do I Say?  General
Guidelines for Communic
ating With Persons Who Have Disabilities.  Poughkeepsie, New York:  1990,
1993.  13.
 
 Originally published as a folder, of info sheets, re-released as a booklet.
Great addition to an interpretive training manual.
 
Museums and the Disabled.  New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979.
NYSHA:  069.
17 M972
 
 A series of essays and activities for interpreting art and meeting the
guidelines of section 504.
 
National Endowment for the Arts.  The Arts and 504:  A Handbook for
Accessible Arts Programming.
  Washington, D.C.: 1992.  95. Available in written and audio form from the
NEA.
 
 A guide t
o complying with Section 504, the ADA's predecessor.
 
Neisser, Arden.  The Other Side of Silence:  Sign Language and the Deaf
Community in America.  New York, New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.  282/301.
 SUCO:  HV2545 N44 1983
 
 A history of American Sign Language.
 
 
Ohio Arts Council.  Measuring Up
in Ohio,"  An Access Survey of Ohio Arts Organizations.  Ohio:  circa 1993.
28.
 
 Report on various art institutions accessibility projects, plus guidelines.
 
Orlansky, Michael D., M.Ed.  Mainstre
aming the Visually Impaired Child.  Austin, Texas:  Learning Concepts, 1977.
121.
 SUCO:  HV 1626
075
 
 Excellent resource on working with the visually impaired.  Humorous
illustrations help put one at ease with such a serious subject.
 
Padden, Carol and Tom Humphries.  Deaf in America.  Voices from a Culture.
Cambridge, Massachusetts:  Harvard University Press, 1988.  121/134  SUCO:
HV 2545 P33 1988
 
 Accounts and anecdotes of being deaf in America, very insightful.
 
Perry, Lawrence G., et al. BOMA International's ADA Compliance Guidebook: A
Checklist for Your Building. Washington, D.C.: Building Owners and Managers
Association International, 1991, 1992. Telephone:  202/408-2662.  NYSHA:
069.17 B639
 
 Guidelines and a checklist is provided for each section of the ADA.  Good
for surveying an existing site to determine its needs.
 
Riekhoff, Lottie.  Talk to the Deaf.  Springfield, Missouri
:  Gospel Publishing House, 1963.  144.  SUCO:  HV 2474 R53
 
 Good introduction to signing.  Less religious than the previously mentioned
book by this publisher.
 
Ross, Ruth-Ellen K.  Handicapped People in Society:  Ideas and Activities for
Teachers.  United States of America:  Silver Burdett Company,  1981.
  118.  SUCO:  HV 3001 A4 R672 1981
 
 Good classroom activities; some could be adapted for e
mployee training sessions, particularly the high school program.
 
 
"Roundtable Reports."  The  Journal of Museum Education.   Volume 6, Numbers
2 and 3.  Washington,  D.C.:  Museum Education Roundt
able.  NYSHA:  Bound Periodicals Section
 
 Volume 6, Number 2 defines the challenges of accessibility. Volume 6, Number
3 shows how museums are meeting that challenge.
 
Sartwell, Marcia, et al.  The Accessible Museum:  Model Programs of
Accessibility for Disabled and Older People.  Washington, D.C.:  America
n Association of Museums, 1992.  NYSHA 069.17 Ac22
 
 Published with funding from NEH and IMS this book looks at outreach,
training, an broad-based programs at museums across the country.
 
Scott, Eileen P.  Your Visually Impaired student:  A Guide for Teachers.
Baltimore, Maryland:  University Park P
ress, 1982.  200/210.
 SUCO:  HV 1631 S38
 
 Good descriptions of visual impairments.  One the few resources to discuss
color blindness.
 
Special Learning Corporation.  Visually Handicapped E
ducation.  Guilford, Connecticut:  1978.  106.  SUCO:  HV 1626 R4
 
 Collection of readings, some by the blind.  Information on color blindness.
Articles debunking myths and misconceptions.
 
Weiss, Louise.  Access to the World:  A Travel Guide for the Handicapped.
New York, New York:  Chatham Square Press,
1977.  174/178.  SUCO:  HV 3022 W44
 
 Insight into tourism for the handicapped.  Discusses amenities for the
disabled at hotels and at special attractions such as Colonial Williamsburg.
 
Wright, D
avid.  Deafness.  New York, New York:  Stein and Day, 1969.  213.  SUCO:  HV
2534 W73  .
 
 Autobiography of a deaf individual.