Majewski, Janice (1987). Part of Your General Public is
Disabled: A Handbook for
Guides in Museums,
Zoos, and Historic Houses. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. (available
through AAM) -- also has a videotape. An excellent resource that
presents
eight types of disabilities, signs and symptoms of each disability and suggests
ways in which museum staff and volunteers can best plan for and deliver
inclusive programming and visitor services.
ADA Communication Accommodations Project
(ADA-CAP)
American Foundation for the Blind
Governmental Relations Dept
1615 M Street NW, Suite 250
Washington D.C. 20036
Hotline of vision issues:
(202) 223-0101 voice/TDD
Hotline on hearing issues: (202) 651-5343
voice/TDD
Association of Late-Deafened Adults
P.O. Box 641763
Chicago, IL 60664
(312) 604-4192 TDD
National Braille Press
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA
02215
(617) 266-6160 Voice
National Federation of the Blind
Information Access Project
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD
21230
(301) 659-9314 voice
AT & Ts National Special Needs
Center
2001 Route 46, Suite 310
Parsippany, NJ
07054-1315
(800) 233-1222 voice
(800) 83303232 TDD
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
7800 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD
20814
(301) 657-2248 voice
(301) 657-2249 TDD
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board
1331 F Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004-1111
(202) 653-7834 voice
(202) 272-5449 TDD
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf,
Inc.
8719 Colesville Road, Suite 310
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3919
(301) 608-0050 voice/TDD
----- Original Message -----From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Tracy CalvanTo: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 8:44 PMSubject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Training For Docents to work with Special Needs VisitorsIn a message dated 9/8/2008 8:08:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
You could also try the special needs office at your area university. i've gone that route before and they usually do a great job.
Keni Sturgeon
Curator
Mission Mill Museum
Salem, OR
--- On Mon, 9/8/08, Amy Steadman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Amy Steadman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Training For Docents to work with Special Needs Visitors
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 1:19 PMInterested in any information about a course or workshop, or even a
consultant who comes to your site, that helps trains certain docents and
staff to work with visitors with special needs.
Thanks.
Amy
Amy Steadman
Curator of Collections
Eudora Welty House
Jackson, Mississippi
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