Scottish Government

Disability

Providing access to the arts for people with disabilities should be a priority in any research or policy that deals with arts and culture. Like in any other policy area, ensuring access and alternate ways to enjoy arts and culture are key ways to encourage disabled people's participation and involvement in the arts and culture sectors. As the Scottish Arts Council points out, thinking proactively about ways to better serve disabled people is not only a legislative mandate, it also makes sense from a business and moral point of view.

Scottish Arts Council

• Getting There: A Practical Resource for Arts Venues in Scotland to Increase the Inclusion of Disable People (2005) A practical reseource for arts venues in Scotland to increase the inclusion of disabled people. Contains detailed information, examples of good practice, profiles of arts and disability organisations and contacts.
• Arts and Disability Briefing 2004/2005 Information on Scottish Arts Council aims for raising the profile of disabled people and their involvement in the arts and supported projects

Arts Council England

• Action for Access: A Practical Resource for Arts Organizations (2005) Resource pack for arts organizations wishing to make their activities more accessible to disabled people. Includes April 2005 amendments.

Think EQ

• Arts & Diversity in the Labour Market (2002) A baseline study of research into the training and development needs of Black, disabled and female arts practitioners, managers and technicians in England.