[Access] Redo of information about Accessibility stuff on UUCEwebsite

[jeannemarie moore]

Hi David,
This is good work.  Thanks for your efforts...
What's next in terms of what's needed from us?
 
Blessings,
j-m.
 
 


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From: access-bounces at uueugene.org [mailto:access-bounces at uueugene.org] On
Behalf Of David Gilmartin
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:49 PM
To: Access and Discussion Issues
Subject: [Access] Redo of information about Accessibility stuff on
UUCEwebsite


Readers: I hope what follows will make sense to your eyes, and to your
electronic readers. I've copied and pasted from a Word document into my
email program. To my eyes, there are a few funny layout things. I hope it
will be easily readable by everyone. I've revised the document to include
just what I think we've agreed upon to date. This seemed to me to make the
most sense, since I started the document as a way to help Martha and anyone
else know what our accessibility web pages would be like. Committee members,
especially; let me know if anything you read here seems at odds with your
recollections and might need clarification or change. Thanks.  --David G.


Accessibility at www.uueugene.org


(A summary of the present state of accessibility at the UUCE website. -DG)


UUCE Website

(Accessibility on the UUCE website is being developed in three related sets
of information:)

A.     The UUCE Accessibility Committee Web Pages

            .            Purposes (as approved by the Board of Trustees)
            .            Accomplishments (Things the committee has done, or
assisted in doing, such as the work on making the recent Minister's
Installation, or Auction, or Soiree, as accessible as possible; improvements
in the restrooms, doorsill modifications, door handles on inside of
sanctuary doors, and trainings in managing the sound system.)
            .            Contact Persons/Officers/Members/Other Interested
Persons
            .            Latest Minutes

.            Archive of past meetings' minutes and notes

.            Calendar of agenda, times, and places of future meetings




B.      Sets of Guidelines for Providing 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 than 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
in improving this section.
            (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 if a
wheelchair user wants to attend. Sometimes accessibility for another person
depends directly on you - your attitude and behavior: keeping your moustache
trimmed to help someone lip read what you have to say, or purchasing and
using a non-scented 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 or through links, (and one more in development),
for your use:

.            UUCE Accessibility Survey (latest rev., 04/01/2008)

.            NOD's "Guide to Accessible Meetings"

.            ADA Checklist for Existing Facilities 

.            Cindy's checklist for event planners (in development)


C.      Lists and Links to Related Resources

            (Here are materials for your use to deepen or expand your
knowledge of accessibility through various media. Accessibility Committee
members and others will annotate the items to help you evaluate their
usefulness. )
1.            Books, news, accessibility ideas from UU newsletters,
meditation tapes, etc. 




2.            UUCE and UUA Accessibility Resources and Information
(Examples)


            UUCE Accessibility Policy

            Description of UUCE Accessibility Features

            Recent Improvements to Accessibility

            UUA's "Disability 101":
www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/accessibility/disability101/index.shtml

            UUA's "Disability Etiquette":
www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/accessibility/disability101/27055.shtml

            UUA's "Working for Safety and to End Oppression,"
www.uua.org/documents/congservices/araomc/safety_endoppression.pdf



3.            Links to materials elsewhere on UUCE website, related to
accessibility

            (Surely you know that lively discussions and projects do not
remain compartmentalized. So, a related goal is to help you see and find the
various ways and places that topics related to accessibility are being
shared and acted on throughout the whole congregation. Many ideas about
Radical Hospitality, for example, a driving force for the Membership
Committee, have implications for accessibility. The UUA's and this church's
work to undo the oppressions of racism, sexism, classism, ableism, etc., and
move in a Journey Toward Wholeness, are intricately connected. The vision of
a Green Sanctuary includes how people relate in meaningful and sustainable
community; it is about accessible community in addition to being about
renewing and sustaining a healthy planet for the next thousands of
generations of life. Hopefully, this section will help you to see - across
the entire congregation - how the UUCE is engaging with the communities and
issues of this time and place.)

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