Access: Physical assistants+ accessible art show

[kestrell.livejournal.com]

1. People with disabilities attending Arisia who wish to bring a
physical assistant may request a ribbon which will allow the assistant
to go anywhere the attendee goes. If the physical assistant never
leaves the side of the person with the paid membership that they're
assisting, they can get a free "adult-in-tow" membership, otherwise if
they wish to occasionally explore the convention on their own, they
should get a paid membership
Note: An "adult-in-tow" option has been added to the online reg form.

2. The accessible art tour is scheduled for Saturday from 4-5 p.m. Arisia will be providing cotton gloves for anyone wishing to touch artwork which has been specifically designated by the artists. Artists are also welcome to be present to describe their work. We'll try to keep descriptions short so we can get to as much of the art show as possible.

Both of these announcements have also been posted to the Arisia '10 Access Services Web page http://2010.arisia.org/Access .

Comments

[archangelbeth]

I don't need either of these things, but I'm delighted to hear Arisia's got 'em!

[rosefox]

In addition, an adult-in-tow may accompany a program participant into the Green Room even if the adult-in-tow is not on programming, and the Green Room staff will be happy to assist disabled program participants who don't have accompanying adults-in-tow. (Kestrell, would you add this info to the Access Services page, please?)

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

Also, the same for the Staff Den ...