Information on writing an access document for disabled artists

Other resources (text only)

 Other Resources

Here is a list of some links that might be useful

Shape Arts

A disability-led arts organisation which works to improve access to culture for disabled people by providing opportunities for disabled artists, training cultural institutions to be more open to disabled people, and through running participatory arts and development programmes.

https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Default.aspx

Reasonable Adjustments

Information on what you’re entitled to at work as a disabled person

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/what-are-the-different-types-of-discrimination/duty-to-make-reasonable-adjustments-for-disabled-people/

Disabled People Against Cuts

An activist group of disabled people against austerity in Britain

https://dpac.uk.net/

Spoon Theory

An intro to spoon theory - a metaphor used to explain energy capacity and chronic pain in chronic illness

https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/patient/resources/pain-self-management/using-spoon-theory-explain-chronic-pain

Artists’ Union England

A trade union for professional visual, and applied artists and artists with a socially engaged practice.

https://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/

Dash

A disability led visual arts charity.

http://www.dasharts.org/