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Cultural Access Initiatives

"Cultural access is about community in the largest sense. When people with and without disabilities have a chance to participate in the arts together, we all benefit."
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AccME! Accessible Maine!

Accessible Maine! is a collaborative initiative where VSA arts of Maine partners with Alpha One, the MS Society, and Husson College to increase awareness of accessibility issues in Maine cultural facilities.

Occupational therapy students from Husson College conduct cultural site surveys at around the state providing the sites with reports containing information and suggestions for making their facilities more accessible to all visitors.

The reports, with site approval, are posted on Access Expressed

NEW! Self Assessment Survey for Accessibility now available for download!
This survey was developed as a learning tool for use in providing an overall picture of accessibility regarding your facility. Submitting the completed report for inclusion in our database will give potential visitors information about what to expect before they arrive and will promote facilities that embrace the concept of access for all. (presented in Word Doc Format)
Reports summarizing the results will be posted on the Accessible Recreation, Arts and Leisure guide at www.maine.gov/visiting/accessrec, which promotes accessible facilities and programs in Maine.

A limited number of free copies of the New England Access Expressed Directory are still available at VSA arts of Maine. Visit, call, or send an email to get your copy.

AccessExpress Directory

"We discover we are 'the same' when we laugh together, shed a tear together, are uplifted or moved in the same ways. Bring up the curtain, let the play begin."
Portland Stage Company, A Christmas Carol, VSA arts of Maine Benefit Performance Lobby Speech, December 6, 2002, David C. Webster


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