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		IN DEPTH: Accessibility & Audiovisual Media » Accessibility Best Practices for Video Podcasts » Frequently Asked Questions » Making Exhibits More Accessible » PDF DOCUMENTS: Programmatic Accessibility Guidelines for NPS Interpretive Media » Tactile Wayside Map Guidelines » Improving Exhibits for Visitors with Disabilities » HFC onMedia Accessibility Issue » White House Visitor Center Accessibility Evaluation Summary » White House Visitor Center Accessibility Evaluation Report » Help With PDF »
How the National Park Service can provide programmatic access in its interpretive efforts to communicate with people with disabilities is a challenging and complex topic. We all need guidance about how to apply standards and best practices Servicewide.	Making Media Accessible Programmatic Accessibility Guidelines for National Park Service Interpretive Media (August 2009 - PDF - 104 pages - 4.3 MB) Tactile Wayside Map Guidelines (June 2008 - PDF - 3 pages) Accessibility Best Practices for Video Podcasts (December 2007) Large-Print Brochure Templates (January 2009) NPS Accessibility Poster (September 2003) Articles & Evaluations Improving Exhibits for Visitors with Disabilities (November 2007 - PDF - 37 pages - 5.1 MB) Improving Exhibits for Visitors with Disabilities (November 2007 - Microsoft Word - 37 pages - 17.6 MB) Making Exhibits More Accessible (May 2009) HFC onMedia Accessibility Issue (November 2007 - PDF - 3.9 MB) White House Visitor Center Accessibility Evaluation Summary (June 2008 - PDF - 15 pages - 1.8 MB) White House Visitor Center Accessibility Evaluation Summary (June 2008 - Microsoft Word - 15 pages - 1.8 MB) White House Visitor Center Accessibility Evaluation Report (June 2008 - PDF - 6 pages) White House Visitor Center Accessibility Evaluation Report (June 2008 - Microsoft Word - 6 pages) Frequently Asked Questions Accessibility & Audiovisual Media Accessibililty Standards for Trail Leaflet Box Height Accessibility Training Opportunities Most of our accessibility awareness training is through the National Center on Accessibility: Accessibility Training Courses Related Links Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS) Audio-Visual Accessibility Initiative for Visitors with Disabilities (Director's Memo 10-20-06) Department of Interior Civil Rights Directive 2008-05 (Open Captioning of Audio-Visual Media) Disability Access in the National Park Service (Director's Memo 10-24-2006) DisabilityInfo.gov National Center on Accessibility National Park Service Accessibility Section 504 – Subpart E – Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Conducted by Dept of Interior (PDF) Section 508 (Electronic and Information Technology Access Standards) Service Wide Accessibility Coordinating Committee (SWACC) (NPS INTRAnet only) Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) HFC Accessibility Committee Members Magaly Green - HFC Accessibility Coordinator, Service Wide Accessibility Coordinating Committee member Lori Simmons - Representative of publications media, Service Wide Accessibility Coordinating Committee member Melinda Schmitt - Alternate representative of publications media Warren Duke - Representive of audio visual media Anne Tubiolo - Representive of audio visual media Michele Hartley - Representive of audio visual media Anita T. Smith - Representive of exhibit media Paul Koehler - Alternate representive of exhibit media Mark W. Johnson - Representative of wayside exhibit media Michael Paskowsky - Representative of workflow management NPS Accessibility Coordinators NPS Accessibility Coordinators (April 2009 - PDF) NPS Accessibility Coordinators (April 2009 - Microsoft Word)
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