Disability & Arts Webinars

The 2024/2025 Series

• The series repeats on the first Wednesday of each month.
• The sessions will run 3-5 p.m. on Zoom.
• Advance registration is required using the links in each webinar description.

Accessibility Office Hour

New in FY25, this series repeats on the third Thursday of each month. Join Arts & Education Accessibility Director Amanda Noyes to keep the conversation around accessibility in the arts going. Get answers to your lingering questions. Connect with other cultural arts organizations who are also on an accessibility journey. The floor is yours!

• Sept. 19 / Oct. 17 / Nov. 21 / Feb. 27 / March 27 / April 24 / May 22 / June 19
• The office hour will run 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.
• Advance registration is required using the links in each webinar description.

• Sept. 4 • Effective Disability Community Engagement

  with Dori Tempio
  Able SC Senior Director of Community Education

  • How to make the disability community feel welcomed.
  • How to engage with disabled artists as well as constituents.

  Able SC staff will walk through their community engagement guide that can be a model for any situation.

  • Sept. 4 registration link (required for attendance)

  Continue the discussion…

  The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is Sept. 19 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.

  • Click to register for the Sept. 19 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom

• Oct. 2 • Organizational Accessibility: Practices to Adopt Today

  with Mary Reaves
  Able SC Director of Community Access

  You’ve had the architectural assessment. You’ve completed the web audit. What more can you do to promote accessibility?

  This webinar will review ways to integrate individuals with disabilities in your operational governance and programing.

  • Oct. 2 registration link (required for attendance)

  Continue the discussion…

  The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is Oct. 17 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.

  • Click to register for the Oct. 17 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom

• Nov. 6 • Digital Accessibility and Your Organization

  with Sarah Massengale and Corinne Myers
  Able SC Community Access Specialists

  The Department of Justice recently finalized regulations forever changing website and digital accessibility. This webinar will review what this means for your organization and steps you can take to ensure compliance.

  • Nov. 6 registration link (required for attendance)

  Continue the discussion…

  The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is Nov. 21 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.

  • Click to register for the Nov. 21 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom

• Feb. 5 • Engaging and Including Youth with Disabilities

  with Michael Hannah, Able SC Equip Coordinator
  and Troy Hall, Able SC Director of Youth Transition Programs

  Your summer programs will be here soon. This webinar will review strategies to incorporate youth with disabilities in your programs and planning and how to ensure you are meeting the requirements of the ADA for accessibility and inclusion.

  • Feb. 5 registration link (required to attend) 

  Continue the discussion…

  The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is Feb. 27 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.

  • Click to register for the Feb. 27 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom

• March 5 • Discipline-Specific Ways to Provide Accessibility

  with Sarah Massengale, Able SC Community Access Specialist
  and Larry Wanger, Able SC Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Independent Living Officer
  and Cali Sandel, Able SC Director of Community Integration

  Heard of a Touch Tour but aren’t sure how to make it happen? What about making audio descriptions of art work or a theater production? Maybe you would like to ensure your docents have a few tools under their belt to include anyone and everyone.

  In this webinar we will provide an overview of these tools for accessibility and leave with you with the know-how to get started in our own programs and the resources to grow!

  • March 2 registration link (required to attend) 

  Continue the discussion…

  The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is March 27 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.

  • Click to register for the March 27 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom

• April 2 • Assistive Technology Introduction

  Speaker TBA

  What is assistive technology and how can it help your artistic practice/organization? Learn about the wide variety of assistive and access technology that is available and get a practical look at how these options can increase accessibility and inclusion into your programming.

  • April 2 registration link (required to attend)

  Continue the discussion…

  The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is April 24 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.

  • Click to register for the April 24 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom

• May 7 • 'But We Don't Own Our Building'

  with Mary Alex Kopp, Able SC Vice President & Chief Public Relations Officer
  and Dori Tempio, Able SC Senior Director of Community Education

  Can your program be accessible when the location is out of your control? The good news is that it can! With some creative thinking and willingness to modify existing policies, procedures, and/or programming, we can help you navigate barrier removal even when you don’t own your space.

  • May 7 registration link (required to attend)

  Continue the discussion…

  The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is May 22 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.

  • Click to register for the May 22 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom

• June 4 • Budgeting for Accessibility

  with Kim Martinez-Ward, Able SC Director of Development
  and Mary Reaves, Able SC Director of Community Access

  You’ve heard us say it over and over, but budgeting for accessibility is the only way to make it happen. Join us in this creative webinar as we problem-solve funding the accommodations and modifications that will provide that most inclusion and remove the most barriers. Intentionally funding accessibility is easy and we will show you how!

  • June 4 registration link (required to attend)

  Continue the discussion…

  The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is June 19 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.

  • Click to register for the June 19 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom