Society - Disabled

Society - Disabled - Arts

Arts Access - Arts Access is based in Melbourne, Australia and provides access to arts and cultural activity for people who are disadvantaged, including people with a disability.
Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA) - A worldwide association of artists that organizes a wide range of exhibitions, sells original art works and permits publishing houses to reproduce their works as art greeting cards and calendars.
Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts - Focuses on people with disabilities and other members of the public who have previously found access to arts education difficult. (UK)
First Street Gallery Art Center - An Art Center and Gallery for adults with developmental disabilities in Claremont, California. First Street's artists produce art in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, collage, assemblage, art books and creative writing.
ARTability, Accessing Arizona's Arts - News and calendars of accessible arts events in Arizona, including audio-described and American Sign Language interpreted performances.Links to many Arizona arts and disability sites.
National Arts and Disability Center (NADC) - Dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities into the visual-, performing-, media-, and literary- arts communities.
Project Ability - A developmental visual arts organisation working to promote equality of access to the arts for all those who are marginalised within the community. (UK)
VSA arts of Georgia - VSA arts of Georgia (formerly Arts for All), a non-profit organization celebrating the power of the arts in the lives of individuals with disabilities in Atlanta and all of Georgia.
National Institute of Arts and Disabilities - NIAD'S mission is to provide an art program for people with developmental disabilities which promotes creative expression, independence, dignity and community integration.
Navigating the Body - An art installation about women in chronic pain.
Art Disability Expression - Interactive exhibit explores the historical, social/cultural and artistic representations of people with disabilities in the past as well as how artists with disabilities today present disabilities as content in their artwork, and use alternative methods and materials to create their art.
Hospital Audiences Inc. - For oveer 30 years, HAI has provided access to the arts to New Yorkers who are isolated from the cultural mainstream because of disability or medical limitations. The goals of HAI are to provide access to the arts and through the arts.
VSA arts of California - VSA arts of California promotes performance opportunities and arts education for children and adults with all classifications of disability. Includes online retail art gallery.
Survivors Art Foundation - Committed to empowering trauma-survivors with effective expressive outlets via internet art gallery, outreach programs, and national exhibitions.
Hope University / Hi Hopes Fine-Arts Foundation - Non-profit, fine arts facility for developmentally-disabled adults with autism, Down syndrome, etc. Offers creative-arts therapy and focused music, art, and dance programs.
VSA arts (formerly Very Special Arts) - An international non-profit arts organization of affiliates, promotes the creative power of the arts in the lives of people with disabilities. A wide range of educational opportunities, exhibits and performances in all of the arts from young children through elderly adults.
Creative Growth Art Center - A non-profit visual arts center, located in downtown Oakland, California, providing creative art programs, educational and independent living training, counseling and vocational opportunities for adults who are physically, mentally and emotionally disabled.
Western World of Art Inc. - Art kits for the hearing and hearing-impaired. Complete instructional kits, including video art lessons by professional artists.
Inspire Website - Created for and by people with disabilities to express their creativity in any format that can be recreated on the Internet. Participation is encouraged at this site.
VSA arts of Wyoming - Promoting the creative power in people with disabilities through education in the Arts.
Creativity Explored - full time visual art center for people with disabilities in California
London Disability Arts Forum - Promotes the work of disabled artists in London, U.K. and beyond.
Kids on the Block - Provides educational puppet programs which enlighten children on the issues of disability awareness, medical-educational differences, and social concerns. Includes package overview and information on starting a troupe.
Create! - An art and information site for people with disabilities interested in the arts. We promote access, development and opportunity for people with disabilities in the arts.
Deaf Culture Art - A resource for anyone interested in Deaf Art, particularly the category defined by Deaf View/Image Art (De'VIA).
Disability Clip Art - Positive images of people with disabilities in everyday-life situations and inclusive settings.
Passion Works Studio - Passion Works Studio offers art making opportunities and employment to people with developmental disabilities, practicing artists, and volunteers. The studio is funded through the Ohio Arts Council and The Athens County Board of MR/DD.
The Helen Keller Art Award - The Helen Keller award is presented to the artist with the best submission on the subject of deafblindness. Entries from people with dual sensory impairment and people with disabilities will be especially welcome.
Hands-On Education - New Jersey organization poviding educational programs for grades K-12. Topics include Disability Awareness, Conflict Resolution and Substance Abuse Prevention.
Maryland Arts Access - Making arts, recreation and cultural activities accessible throughout Maryland for all persons regardless of disability or the nature of disability.
Damon Brooks Associates - Speakers & Celebrities - A Speaker and Entertainment resource featuring people who have a disability and celebrity speakers on a variety of subjects.
National Disability Arts Forum - NDAF provides the latest national and international news in the field of Disability arts, contacts, services, links and artwork.
ASL In Clay / DeafArt Club - Established to provide opportunities for the Deaf and Hearing to create and exhibit DeafArt, which incorporates American Sign Language, Deaf Culture and the Deaf Experience.
The Able Workshop - Disability and woodworking, resource of photos, tips, hints, and tricks of those with a handicap who found solutions to work shop barriers.
Non-Traditional Casting Project - A not-for-profit advocacy organization seeking solutions to the problems of racism and exclusion in theatre, film and television.
Open Arms - We are people together, with and without disabilities in Amherst, MA. Dedicated to full participation in schools, churches, clubs, sports, the arts & leisure activities.
Media Access Office - Promotes the employment and accurate protrayal of persons with disabilities in all areas of the media and entertainment industry, ensuring that the industry recognizes people with disabilities as part of cultural diversity.
National Forum on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities - Site presents the Forum's agenda, concept papers, keynote addresses, daily updates, and final recommendations.
Half the Planet - Feature Arts Atricles of the disability resource site
The Orpheus Centre - A residential performing arts centre for young disabled artists founded by Richard Stilgoe. Offering courses in various displines of performing arts and apprenticeships in life skills.
Art Enables - Art Enables is an arts-based training and employment placement program for persons with developmental disabilities sixteen years and older in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
VSA arts of Florida - A state affiliate of VSA arts, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the arts into the lives of people with disabilities.
VSA arts of Alabama - A non-profit organization dedicated to implementing arts related programming, training and advocacy to individuals and various groups as a means to achieve personal growth, increase self-confidence and positively shape the lives of people with disabilities.
VSA arts of Louisiana - Brings meaningful and structured arts education into local educational agencies, parochial, and special schools.
Disabled Artists Worldwide Network - 21st Century D.A.W.N. Artists, musicians, poets and writers with disabilities are encouraged to submit creations. "Where the Earth is Art and every word is a song."
Autism Arts - Collections of art and music from children and adults on the autistic spectrum around the world.
Georgia Artists with Disabilities - Part of The Georgia Arc Network that provides unified advocacy for individuals with mental retardation or developmental disabilities
Northern Disability Arts Forum - NorDAF promotes Disability Arts in the Northern region. The site offers listings, databases of practicing Disabled artists, a gallery, funding information and grant guidelines.
Arts Access of Raleigh, NC - Encourages and enables persons with disabilities to have full access to arts programs and facilities and participate fully in the cultural and artistic life of Raleigh.
Cyber Gallery - Online cyber gallery hosts works created by artists from the disability community.
Wired Designs - A promotional website, advocating up and coming artists with disabilities.
VSA arts of Delaware - VSA is devoted specifically to enhancing the capabilities, confidence and quality of life for individuals with disabilities by providing life-long learning opportunities in the arts.
Arts Disability Wales - Works throughout Wales to promote equal opportunities in the arts for disabled people, providing training, information and advice. (UK)
Creative Spirit Art Centre - Studio space, art education, and exhibitions for people with disabilities. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
VSA arts of Massachusetts - Serving individuals with disabilities by creating opportunities for participation in the arts and integration into the cultural and educational mainstream.
Access Expressed New England - Five databases of articles about cultural access for people with disabilities.
VSA arts of Wisconsin - Expanding the capabilities, confidence, and quality of life for children and adults with disabilities by providing programs in music, dance, drama, creative writing, and visual art.
Arts at CforAT - Center for Accessible Technology offers art programs to adults and children with disabilities. (California)
Integrated Arts - Working to increase opportunities for people with and without disabilities to express and define themselves through creative arts. (California)
Deaf Way II - reaching outside the deaf community and share the art and culture of deaf people from around the world with members of the general public. (Washington, DC)
BigDeafGallery.com - An online art gallery for Deaf artists. Paintings, drawings, sculptures,and more.
South East Disabled People and the Arts (SEDPA) - An organisation of disabled people providing a platform to voice the opinions and interests of its members and opportunities for them to share ideas and work.
Full Radius Dance - A modern dance company that challenges traditional gender portrayals in mature, choreographically complex works that celebrate technique and physicality. Additionally, the company has a desire to share the talents of dancers who have disabilities with the mainstream audience.(Georgia)
AXIS Dance Company - Pioneering a new dimension of dance -- a revolutionary collaboration between dancers with and without disabilities. (California)
The Gallaudet Dancers - A performing group dancers who are undergraduate or graduate students at Gallaudet University, the world's only accredited liberal arts university for deaf and hard of hearing students.
U.S. Handicapable Square Dance Association - Information on square dancing and square dance clubs for people with disabilities (mostly developmental disabilities, but some wheelchair groups).
Anjali Dance Company - The members of Anjali Dance Company are all people who have learning disabilities. It is one of the first of its kind in the UK.
Dancing Wheels - A modern dance company comprised of dancers with and without disabilities. Founded by Mary Verdi-Fletcher this mixed abilites company performs worldwide.
Joint Forces & the DanceAbility Project - To encourage the evolution & performance of dance & to cultivate a "common ground" that allows all individuals to develop creatively. DanceAbility helps eliminate the prejudice that inhibits artistic & cultural diversity through performance, communication & education.
Touch Compass: Catherine Chappell and Dancers - Touch Compass is a mixed ability dance company directed by Catherine Chappell, based in Auckland, New Zealand.
The Rolling Dancers - German Wheelchair Dance Company
Afshin Naghouni - A history of painter who is a Tetraplegic with examples of his art work.
Bill Bowers - Paints modern scenes which capture various elements of daily American life and he seems intent on preserving those images of traditional American culture.
Dara's Art - Disability Advocacy - Dara McLaughlin, paralyzed for 22 years, uses art, writing and performance to promote Disability Culture and education from a personal viewpoint.
JeDon Washington - Paralyzed artist paints in Western, Mexican, and African styles. Images, news stories, purchasing information.
Red Rider Studios - I'm a quadriplegic mouth artist. I use all kinds of mediums. Nature art is my favorite type to create.
Quilt Art by Amy - Quilting using squares to pay tribute to the people who have devoted their lives to people with disabilities.
BigExpression WebRing - The BigExpression WebRing is the first WebRing to join disabled artists and performers together.
Tish Holmes - Tips to other disabled artists and gallery of works.
Mary Cox-Bilz, Author and Artist - Holding a mouthstick between her teeth, she types her manuscripts. Mary is also an accomplished mouth artist and has artwork and greeting cards.
Dis"ability" Artists - Artists with disabilities working in any medium can place their information on this directory.
Lisa Fittipaldi - Contemporary and abstract art by blind artist, created from the mind's eye in Oil and watercolor.
Michael Jurogue Johnson - A gifted contemporary naïve artist who was born with Down Syndrome. Michael paints watercolors, acrylics and oil paintings.
Tony DeBlois - A musician of rich and varied talents, an outstanding singer, and plays 14 musical instruments. Tony has performed all over the world, is blind, autistic, and has Savant Syndrome.
Lyle Victor Albert - Canadian playwright/performer shares his experiences as a teenager with cerebral palsy in an autobiographical one-man show, "Scraping the Surface"
Rick Boggs - Blind Actor speaker musician artist performer entertains audiences with motivational speaking, acting, music, and his guide dog Jake.
Francis Camilleri - A gallery of watercolor and oil paintings by a Quadriplegic Artist who paints with a brush held in his mouth.
Mike Loder: Kiwi Comedian - A sit down stand-up comedian based in Auckland, New Zealand
Evelyn Glennie - Scotswoman has carved a new place for solo percussion, melded traditions and instrumentation from around the world and, indeed, hears percussion as music in its own right.
Neil Marcus - 'Storm Reading' - An inspiring and passionate act, written and performed by Neil Marcus, a writer and poet who lives with dystonia.
Simon's Diary - Diary pages and gallery from British disabled artist Simon Smith. Simon writes from both a personal and social perspective, including comments about his experience as a person with a disability.
Jimmy McCoy's Internet Ministry - Includes section on mouth-drawn Christmas Cards
'On A Roll' Radio - Founder Greg Smith covers issues on his weekly syndicated radio talk show that make up the broad disability experience.
Buster - The First Comic Strip Featuring a Lead Character on Crutches (formerly "Funny as a Crutch")
Boone's Art Pages - Boone is a graphic artist with autism, born June 19, 1997. He designs clocks and computer wallpapers.
Jaehn Clare - A disability advocate, actor, director, producer, and playwright. Her one-woman show, "Belle's on Wheels" has toured the U.S. and England.
Art By Lori - A disabled artist who paints by holding a brush in her mouth. Acrylics on 9 x 12 watercolor paper.
QuadArt by Darrel - 700 pictures for desktop wallpaper for any digital applications and 19 screensavers
Kip Garlock - Kip Garlock is a disabled, quadriplegic, artist who uses his mouth to paint.
James Eugene Albert - Acrylics, mixed media, silk screen and digital art.
Matt Sesow - His raw confrontational images dealing with pain, solitude, and desire are brilliant examples of edgy 21st century art
John Callahan - Features politically incorrect, black humor from the unique view of an alcoholic, quadriplegic. Free daily cartoons, animated icons.
Chris Sheridan - Life in a wheelchair, arts and disability, and more from Chris Sheridan
Tony McGregor - Probably best known for his gourd artworks, "Tony Mac" also does pen-and-ink drawings and "wood burnt" prints.
Betty G. Miller - aka Bettigee, is a deaf artist and a counselor and writer in the field of Alcohol and Substance Abuse. Dr. Miller is the author of ""Deaf and Sober: Journeys through Recovery"
Liz Morris Design - A graphic design and marketing studio structured to meet any company's design needs from web banners or print ads to direct mail campaigns or conference booth creations.
Abet Artists with Brain Injuries - Artists as survivors of brain injury or neurological disorders utilize their artistic abilities as a means of recovery despite physical or hidden disabilities.
Coalition for Disabled Musicians, Inc. - CDM, Inc. is a non-profit, self-help organization dedicated to assisting disabled musicians to pursue their musical aspirations. Our local site is on Long Island, NY and we offer a National Referral Service for disabled musicians worldwide.
Special Music by Special People - Compact discs, mp-3 and quicktime music projects available at the site that feature music composed by people with developmental disabilites and other challenges.
Sound Access Productions - Aims to promote access for people with disabilities in Ireland to quality professional educational opportunities in the domain of music, music industry studies, radio and sound production.
Share Music - We provide residential music courses for young people with physical disability or sensory impairment. Our courses are held in centres with facilities for disabled people.
Flutelab ergonomy and adaptations - Ergonomical aspects of flutes and many adaptations of wind instruments for people with disabilities. Large photo archive. Company is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Drake Music Project - Enabling disabled children and adults to play conventional musical instruments.
Van Gogh - Atlanta-based band - Psychedelia, rock'n'roll, pop, funk and more from the band lead by the Heisner brothers Robby and Ricky from their super-fast, eye-popping, yellow and black, racing striped powered wheelchairs.
Music Technology and Curriculum Access - A study examining ways in which technology can improve access to music for all but, particularly, for pupils with disabilities.
James Pressler, Virtual Organist - Pipe organ music programmed in MIDI by a seasoned organ recitalist who can no longer use his right hand because of a stroke.
Tony Melendez - Successful toe-pickin' guitar player and vocalist.Born without arms and a club foot, The sound of hope and courage to the world!
Heavy Load - Rock band from Brighton, England whose members are musicians with and without learning disabilities making a loud noise on the south coast in the name of the disabled arts scene
Yorkshire Association for Music and Special Educational Needs - YAMSEN is a Yorkshire charity which promotes the making and enjoyment of music for disabled adults and children of all abilities
Canadian Association for Music Therapy - Promotes awareness, use and development of music therapy in order to maximize health and well-being. (Canada)
Cheow Godfrey's music therapy - In her use of music therapy Cheow Godfrey believes the client and therapist work to overcome the limitations of the disability or illness and to move towards realising the potential of the client.
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre - Supports the vision of gifted directors and writers, embraces innovate works with an emphasis on Chicago premieres, challenges our audiences artistically, builds cultural bridges and stages diverse productions that often feature works with deaf and hearing-impaired themes, and gay and lesbian themes.
Sign Language Interpreting in the Theatre - A resource for both novice and experienced interpreters, as well as for theatre staff wanting to learn about sign language interpreted performance.
Centre for the Arts in Human Development - An innovative program based at Concordia University in Montreal, utilizing the creative arts therapies and applying them to promote growth and development of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Cleveland SIGNSTAGE Theatre - Encourages the development of original plays about deafness, the development of deaf playwrights and educational programs for both hearing and deaf individuals in elementary, high school and college/university settings. (Ohio)
Famous PEOPLE Players - This theatre group is dedicated to the integration of people who have developmental disabilities. Through its life skills program, performers are given the conviction and skills to realize the full potential of their creative abilities. (Canada)
Hands on - A New York based service organization dedicated to providing greater accessibility to arts and cultural events for the Deaf and hard of hearing community.
Wild Swan Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Nationally known for its ingenious artistry, its innovative audience accessibility program, and its projects for participants with disabilities, including Dramatically Able, a package for making drama accessible to participants with disabilities.
Gallaudet University Theatre Arts Department - Offers two majors covering a wide range of disciplines within theatre arts.
No Limits Theater Group for hearing-impaired children - Providing deaf children learning to speak the opportunity to improve their speech and language skills as well as self-confidence through the professional theatrical environment.
Interpreted Theater - Ticket information and schedules for sign language interpreted performances in the Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee areas.
The National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped - A non-profit organization providing the disabled community with the communication skills necessary to pursue a life in professional theatre and enhance their opportunities in the workplace.
InterAct Children's Theatre for the Deaf - A children's theatre for the deaf in Knoxville, Tennessee, providing fully accessible children's theatre to both hearing and deaf audiences.
Disabled Access Guide for Theatregoers - London theatre guide for disabled theatregoers, including information on audio described and signed performances as well as general access information. [London, England]
Deaf Theaters - Contact information for theaters.
The East End Special Players - The East End Special Players are a group of learning disabled adults performing for the past 13 years in the Hamptons on New York's Eastern End of Long Island. The site gives a history, a schedule of upcoming performances and links.
Heart 'n Soul Music Theatre - National Touring Company of fourteen professional learning disabled actors and musicians. (UK)
Kaleidoscope Theatre - A pioneering company and registered charity, some of whose members happen to have Down's Syndrome. (UK)
National Theatre of the Deaf - A professional acting company made up of deaf and hearing actors. The theatre's signature style, a combination of Sign Language and spoken words, has expanded the boundaries of theatrical expression. This double-sensory style enables hearing audiences to see words as they are spoken.
Talking Hands - A Dutch company with a highly international orientation. In the theatre play Zipper, Mindy Brown and Gerdinand Wagenaar explore if music can be interpreted into a sign language.
Sign Language Interpreted Theater Performances - Portland, Oregon Interpreted theatre
The DisAbility Project - A touring theatrical ensemble engaging in conversation, writing, sound, and movement to perform material about the culture of disability.
Mark Taper Forum Other Voices Project - Dedicated to the empowerment of new voices in the American theatre through performance training, documentary plays and a professional playwriting program for writers with disabilities.(California)
Without Apology, a video documentary - A video documentary about a family's taboo subject: their son, Alan, born 50 years ago with profound retardation. The video charts Alan's life, which encompasses institutionalization and integration, as well as the family's struggle to claim him as their own.
CBC TV Moving On - Television show that sets lights and cameras on people with disabilities bringing their relationships, opinions, successes, tools for independence, and above all good stories into focus.
VITAC - Providing Vital Access - Founded in 1986, VITAC is the nation's leader in the realtime captioning of live television programs and events and off-line captioning of prerecorded programs, including entertainment programs, home videos, and informational and instructional videos.
Films involving Disabilities - This site presents a detailed list of 2,500 feature films which involve in one way or another various disabilities. It is directed towards teachers, students and anyone who has an interest in how disability is represented in films.
Tripod Captioned Films - TRIPOD is a private, non-profit educational research organization committed to helping families raise their deaf and hard-of-hearing children in a supportive environment.
WeSeeTV.com - Television Accessibility for persons with visual impairments
Magic Lamp Productions - 147 captioned educational videos on ASL -American Sign Language, for children and adults
Go the Distance, a Documentary - Paralyzed in a motorcycle accident at the age of 21, Paul Scherdell fulfilled his dream to see America, traveling cross-country with a high school buddy. Winner of Best Documentary at the 2002 N.H. Film Expo.
UPWD Television - United People With Dis"abilities" video clips
Blindspots - Movie reviews for visually impaired people.
Captioned Media Program - Provides all persons who are deaf or hard of hearing awareness of and equal access to communication and learning through the use of captioned educational media and supportive collateral materials.

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