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Arts and Recreation Webinar Series - The Care and Feeding of Auxiliary Aids and Assistive Technologies: Establishing Good Operating Policies and Procedures

2:30 pm EDT July 16, 2015   |   Organized by: ADA National Network, National Center on Accessibility (NCA), LEAD Program with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and The Smithsonian Institution

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Arts and Recreation Webinar Series:The Care and Feeding of Auxiliary Aids and Assistive Technologies: Establishing Good Operating Policies and Procedures

This series brings together the ADA National Network, National Center on Accessibility (NCA), the LEAD Program with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and The Smithsonian Institution. The goal is to share their acquired knowledge and expertise in creating equal access and opportunity for people with disabilities in the areas of Arts and Recreation with the broader community. Sessions will focus on legal compliance issues, best practices in the field and practical "how to's" across a broad range of topics. The intended audiences include but are not limited to ADA Coordinators, Program Administrators and the Staff, Volunteer Program Administrators, Federal, State and Local Government Agencies and disability advocates.

The sessions are offered free of charge and are real-time captioned.

Continuing Education Recognition available: Certificate of Attendance (Free)

Description : Arts and recreation venues provide auxiliary aids such as assistive listening and audio description devices, as well as other equipment like wheelchairs, tablets, or iPads to provide access to their programs and activities for people with disabilities. Development of good policies and procedures for the maintenance, distribution, and training in use of these devices is critical in order to provide safe and seamless access. Topics will include maintenance requirements of sanitizing, and storage; and distribution procedures of testing, delivery of devices, instructions on use, troubleshooting, collection, and follow-up on any malfunction. While entities cannot charge for the use of an auxiliary aid, they can collect some form of collateral in an effort to ensure the equipment is returned. What is allowable and how to determine the type of collateral to request so as not to be onerous to the patrons who have the loan of the equipment will be presented.

Presenters: Sherril York, Alice Voigt, and Legal Specialist TBA 



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Alice Voigt, Accessibility Specialist (NCA), Indiana University

Alice Voigt joined NCA in 2006 as an Accessibility Specialist. Since then, she has conducted accessibility assessments from Denali (Alaska) to Everglades (Florida) National Parks and has become one of the most knowledgeable assessors of recreation facilities in the country. Alice coordinates the NCA park assessment process, provides technical assistance, and serves as an instructor for NCA training courses. In addition, she assists with NCA research and consultation as needed. Alice is fluent on the relationship between program access and the assessment of support facilities, especially with outdoor developed areas. She has completed assessments of municipal park agencies such as the Crystal Lake (Illinois) Park District and the Forest Preserve District of Will County (Illinois), along with National Parks such as the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, Grant-Kohrs Ranch, and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Alice has presented on accessibility issues at national conferences, including those hosted by the National Recreation and Park Association and the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability. On the Indiana University-Bloomington campus, Alice is the co-chairperson of the Disability Roundtable, a collective group of individuals that meet to promote access and inclusion on campus. Alice also serves as a guest lecturer to IU classes on topics such as the ADA standards and employment provisions.

Prior to joining NCA, Alice was the Accessibility Coordinator at the Southwest Center for Independent Living in Springfield, Missouri. There she assisted consumers with advocacy efforts, coordinated a home modification program and conducted assessments throughout an eight county area. Alice also has eight years of experience working in Student Affairs at several colleges and universities. She received her undergraduate degree in Communication Arts from Allegheny College and her graduate degree in Counseling from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Sherril York, PhD, Executive Director of the National Center on Accessibility (NCA), Indiana University

Dr. Sherril York is the Executive Director of the National Center on Accessibility. Committed to the full inclusion of people with disabilities in parks, recreation and tourism, Sherril oversees NCA operations, the cooperative agreement between Indiana University and the National Park Service, collaborative partnerships and national initiatives. Sherril has over 30 years of experience in accessibility and disability in physical activity development, recreation activities, and adapted sports. She can often be found talking directly to practitioners in the field on methods to successfully include people with disabilities. Sherril has provided consultation to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Stature of Liberty and Ellis Island, Central Park Conservancy, Grand Canyon National Park and a number of exhibit design companies on accessible exhibits. Currently, she serves on the program planning committee for the National Recreation and Park Association Congress.

Prior to joining NCA, Sherril was the Training/Outreach Coordinator at Oklahoma ABLE Tech, the state's assistive technology program located at Oklahoma State University. In addition, she has served as Associate Director for the American Humanics Program, and Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology at Oklahoma State University, Associate Professor in the School of HPER at the University of Northern Iowa, and Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Iowa State University. She has a Ph.D. from Texas Woman's University with an emphasis in biomechanics and adapted physical education.

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