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Unitarian Universalist Church
in Eugene, Oregon...................................................
...A Welcoming Congregation...477 East 40th Ave, Eugene, Oregon, 97405
office@uueugene.org 541-686-2775.

• We are wheelchair-friendly with a lighted ramp to the main level from the parking lot, a paved and lighted path leading down to the office and classrooms, plus two large open bathrooms on the main level and one on the lower level.

• Most exterior thresholds are being made easier to cross in a chair.

• We have three Braille hymnals and large-print Orders of Service ready for you. Please ask an usher for one.

• We also have a good hearing assistive sound system that works with with headphones.

• We audio-tape each Sunday's service.

• The website is intended to be useful for screen readers.

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If we can be more helpful, please call the office during the week or speak to an usher on Sunday morning.

It matters and we care.

ACCESSIBILITY CHECKLISTS

Accessibility Committee

Chair: Leslie Gilbert 520-2624
Recording Secretary:  Mary Otten
Corresponding Secretary:  Cindy Pitcairn
David Gilmartin, 653-9684
d. maria 683-6691
Jeanne-Marie Moore 684-9797
Ken Ross: Facilities Council Liaison
Checking for Accessibility

To assist in event-planning, accessibility awareness, and future property and building accessibility needs, the Accessibility Committee is making available a number of different guidelines. Reading through them may help you understand the many things that have implications for accessibility by people with disabilities.

The Committee hopes that you will use one or more of these guidelines, and let our members know — in detail! — what you find helpful, and why. We’ve made guesses and assumptions about usefulness, but it will be your actual experiences that will help us now.       

You may notice that accessibility has three main flavors. There’s architectural accessibility, physical details like door widths or positioning of electrical outlets. Program accessibility has a lot to do with the “where” and “how” of making programs and events open to everybody; for example, moving a meeting to a wheelchair-accessible room so a wheelchair user can attend. Sometimes accessibility for another person depends directly on you — your attitude and behavior: keeping your mustache trimmed to help someone lip-read what you have to say, or purchasing and using a nonscented laundry detergent so a person with chemical sensitivities can remain near you and share in your activity.  

Presently there are three accessibility guidelines, or checklists, available here for your use:

• Accessibility Guidelines for UUCE Events

• UUCE Accessibility Survey

• National Organization on Disability Guide to Accessible Meetings

Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene, Oregon
A home for shared values and individual theologies
A Welcoming Congregation

• Rev. Stephen A. Landale, Minister •
• Candee Cole, Director of Religious Education •
• Kim Harris, Church Administrator •
• Sarah Hendrickson, President of the Board •

• 477 E. 40th Ave • Eugene, Oregon 97405 • 541-686-2775 •
www.uueugene.org
• webmaster •

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