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Arc of the Triangle M&M Singers
5121 Hollyridge Drive | Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27612
Wake County contact: Michelle Foy 919-832-2660 x134
M&M Singers (Wake: Raleigh) and Grace Notes (Wake: Cary) are two adult choirs providing an outlet for creative expression through music. The Arc Choirs perform regularly at churches, civic groups, and community events. Members promote the acceptance and understanding of, as well as respect for, persons with I/DD.
A New Kind of Listening/Inclusive Arts Campaign
P.O. Box 352 Barnardsville, NC 28709 (828) 775-6333
A New Kind of Listening (anewkindoflistening.com) is a documentary film about an inclusive theater group from Durham/Chapel Hill, NC, as well as a project to inform and encourage inclusive arts initiatives through screenings and community organizing as described in our online Toolkit. Read a blog post about the film on the TASH website.
Hearing Loss Association of NC
Wake Chapter- (919) 469-0924
Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), formerly Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH), exists to open the world of communication for people with hearing loss through information, education, advocacy and support. There are several local HLA Chapters in North Carolina. Features link to a schedule and descriptions of Open Captioned Movies, when available.
First In Families of North Carolina
3109 University Dr Ste. 100, Durham, NC 27707 (919) 251-8368
First In Families of North Carolina is a statewide non-profit supporting individuals with Developmental Disabilities and/or Traumatic Brain Injuries and their families. FIFNC helps people with disabilities and their families to believe in their dreams, achieve their goals and give back to others.
North Carolina Arts Council
109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 (919) 807-6500 ncarts@ncdcr.gov
Extensive Arts Inclusion Resources
North Carolina Arts for Health – “the gathering place of people who promote the arts as essential to the health and well being of individuals and communities”.
NC Division of Services for the Blind
Raleigh Office: 309 Ashe Avenue, Fisher Building, Raleigh
(919) 733-4234
NCDHHS:DSB is statewide. You can visit their website to find an office near you. The NC Division of Services for the Blind Communications Unit provides Brailling services. Call an office near you for details and pricing.
North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
1841 Capital Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27635 (919) 733-4376 nclbph@ncdcr.gov
“A special public library that circulates books and magazines especially made for persons who cannot use regular printed material because of a visual or physical disability.” Features audio described videos
Southeast Center for Arts Integration
2310 Stansbury Road Chapel Hill, NC 27516 (919) 942-4264
Mission: To foster the creation, dissemination, evaluation and improvement of arts integration programs. We provide information and experiences to teachers and teaching artists that will empower them to engage their students in learning for the twenty-first century and beyond.
Resources for getting handouts in Braille
Correction Enterprises – Full-service print shop dedicated to printing services for state government agencies, public school systems, state community colleges and universities, municipalities and nonprofit organizations. We offer a quality product and a quick turnaround. Make us your one stop printing solution!
Governor Morehead School State Library for the Blind
309 Ashe Avenue, Raleigh, N.C. 27606
Events And Festivals
The African American Cultural Festival
SPARKcon is the Triangle’s Creativity Festival
NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ BugFest
ADA Guide to events and festivals
National Sites
Accessible Exhibition Design (guidelines, by the Smithsonian)
Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page
This is the official source of information and technical assistance about the Americans with Disabilities Act.
American Sign Language Art (via Deaf Linx) -vast resources list of Deaf arts
Artists With Brain Injuries (website for artists with brain injuries to show their art)
Audio Description Associates (Joel Snyder).
Audio Description Project (for both providers and users of audio description).
AXIS Dance Company (to create and perform contemporary dance that is developed through the collaboration of dancers with and without disabilities; to promote and support physically integrated dance locally, nationally and internationally)
Bridge Multimedia (Audio Description and universally accessible media).
Considered one of the premier arts and disabilities organizations in the U.S., Dancing Wheels is a professional, physically integrated dance company uniting the talents of dancers both with and without disabilities.
Guidelines for Audio Describing Meetings and Presentations
Hands On (NY arts organization for d/Deaf and hard of hearing).
Listening is Learning (seeks to raise awareness about the learning benefits of listening to description of video-based educational media)
Media Access Group at WGBH (Captioning and Video Description).
MIT Assistive Technology Information Center (ATIC)– offers professional web accessibility reviews
Museum Accessibility (from the DOJ).
Narrative Television Network (audio described movies via RealPlayer).
National Arts and Disability Center
Its mission is to promote the full inclusion of audiences and artists with disabilities in all facets of the arts, and it is a leading consultant in the arts and disability community. NADC’s information is aimed at artists with disabilities, arts administrators, arts organizations, disability organizations and agencies, universities, arts educators, and students.
National Center for Accessible Media (includes DTV, CD-ROM, Web, Movies, TV Video Description).
National Endowment for the Arts Office for AccessAbility
The National Endowment for the Arts’ Office for AccessAbility is the advocacy-technical assistance arm of the Arts Endowment, whose mission is to make the arts accessible for people with disabilities, older adults, veterans, and people living in institutions.
Accessibility Planning and Resource Guide for Cultural Administrators
Arts and Humanities Accessibility Checklist
Sign Language Interpreting in the Theatre (oriented primarily toward interpreters and theaters).
Starlight Studio and Art Gallery
Starlight is a vibrant art studio located in downtown Buffalo that supports adults with disabilities in their artistic development. Established in 2005 by the Learning Disabilities Association of Western New York (LDA of WNY).
340 Delaware Ave Buffalo, NY 14202 starlight@ldaofwny.org (716) 842-1525
Subscribe to Opening Stages ( a free newsletter for people with disabilities interested in pursuing a career in performing arts — just send the email resulting from clicking the link)
Five9 Telecommunicating and Accessibility: Information about Telecommunications and Computer Accessibility
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Guided Highlights Tour (for people with visual impairments).
US Department of Justice (Accessible Information Exchange: Meeting on a Level Playing Field).
VSA Arts (an international organization that creates learning opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities).
A bilingual website created as a resource to network college students with disabilities and the opportunities available to them.
Website Accessibility: 10 Tools for Evaluating Web Accessibility