Basic Information and Etiquette
- Ableism & Racism: Roots of the Same Tree - Ibram X. Kendi
- Accessible Meetings and Chemical and Electrical Sensitivities - Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
- A Guide to Universal Design - National Disability Authority of Ireland
- AUCD Guidelines for Accessible Presentations - National Association of University Centers for Disability (AUCD)
- Commmemorating 30 Years of the Americans with Disabilities Act (video)
- An Overview of Hosting Accessible Events (video) - Inclusive Arts Vermont
- How to Describe Images - Virginia Tech
- Inclusive Arts Vermont Quick Checklist for Accessible Meetings & Events (.pdf) - Inclusive Arts Vermont
- Managing Captions in Zoom - Zoom.com
- The Spoon Theory - Christine Miserandino
- Visibility Metrics (.pdf) - Lighthouse International
Event Resources at UVM
- Event Planning Tools - UVM Event Services
- URL shortener: go.uvm.edu. Use this service to create friendly short URLs to promote your event.
- Create event registrations:
- Qualtrics: qualtrics.uvm.edu
- Aventri: email Tracey Gauthier.
- How to promote your event at the Davis Center
- Request an ASL interpreter (Center for Academic Access)
- Request live-captioning services (Center for Academic Access)
Accessible Events 1.0
During the early part of the pandemic in 2020, CDCI director Jesse Suter wrote the first version of this accessible events guide: Accessible Events (.pdf). We now refer to this first .pdf as "Accessible Events 1.0".
The Accessible Events Guide you are now reading is version 2.0. It came about after members of the organizations listed in the credits recognized there is a growing need for resources on making events accessible.
We will continue to update this Accessible Events Guide on an annual basis, and welcome people with disabilities, and their families, and organizations who want to make events more accessible to get in touch and take part in crafting the next edition.
Next Steps
This guide is a living document, supported by the people and organizations who created it, as well as the UVM Center on Disability & Community Inclusion as a whole. We welcome feedback on this guide.
- How are you using it?
- How would you like to be using it?
- What or who, is missing from the document?
We hope this guide provides information and resources as you take steps to increase inclusion of people with disabilities in your programs.
Credits
This accessible events guide is a collaboration between:
- UVM Center on Disability & Community Inclusion
- Inclusive Arts Vermont
- All Brains Belong VT, and
- UVM's 504 Coordinator for Accessibility
Special thanks go out to Heidi Swevens, India Hoover, Bonnie Morse, Amber Fulcher, and Mel Houser.
