From: William Hosley <[log in to unmask]>
I suggest you don’t "hire a professional from the disability community to consult” -they’ll just give you their costly want list and you probably won't find out what is affordable or necessary.

Wow Bill,
It sounds like you have has a bad experience (or two) with consultants, but seriously . . . you might want to check your preconceived notions and stereotypes at the door -- OR -- it's time to find a different line of work!! 

Professionals, are professionals. They are hired to perform a certain task, base on their training, credentials, and reputation.  It shouldn't matter if that professional is a man or woman, able-bodied or not,  Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, or Marvin the Martian from outter-space . . .  

Imagine saying, "You should never hire a female interior decorator, because all women like to shop and they'll just spend more money." --- RIDICULOUS?!

 - David -
(Differently-abled, museum PROFESSIONAL)




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From: William Hosley <[log in to unmask]>
To: MUSEUM-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wed, May 1, 2019 10:02 am
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Accessibility in House Museums

I suggest you don’t "hire a professional from the disability community to consult” -they’ll just give you their costly want list and you probably won't find out what is affordable or necessary. We all are for optimal access. But we are also struggling against countless obstacles to preserve historic resources at risk - often without much financial help. Every inch of every house does not need to be accessible to everyone with mobility issues. The work arounds are easy and obvious and affordable.

Bill Hosley


On May 1, 2019, at 8:38 AM, Dylan Dammermann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi Hope,

I’m an accessibility consultant from within the Disability Arts Community.

I highly suggest you hire a professional from the disability community to consult. While there are corporations that consult on accessibility they primarily hire able bodied people and do their consulting from an architectural perspective (and use terms like Handicapped which is no longer considered a positive word by most disabled folk).

There isn’t very much lit on this in historic house context but best practices are to explain accessibility concerns up front without assuming the reader/visitor’s ability level.

Best,

Dylan Dammermann, 

On May 1, 2019, at 12:00 AM, C. Müller-Straten <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi, Kim or Hope,

this is a general problem regarding many historical buildings worldwide. Most important of all is to inform potential visitors on all comunications (on the website ETC) that the upper levels are not reachable for some handicapped. If you are not trained to do so, your colleagues of PRD Company should be able to help you with any academic literature research.

Sincerely


Christian Müller-Straten, Ph.D.
Am 30.04.2019 um 16:16 schrieb Kim Nelson:
Hello,

I am part of a design team working on exhibits for a historic house and could use some sage advice.

We are wondering how institutions have previously handled accessibility issues for upper levels of a historic house museum with limited accessibility (e.g. very small, unreliable elevator) and lacking a fire escape. 

Is there any literature on this in the historic home exhibition field? Are there any best practices or rules of thumb beyond following local fire code? 

Thank you for any advice or resources you can provide.

Sincerely,
Hope McDermott

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