Shape Arts has produced a simple guide to ensure arts organisations are not excluding Deaf people from events.
More than 900,000 people in the UK are severely or profoundly deaf; under the social model of disability, it is not a disabled person’s health condition or impairment, but society’s discrimination and lack of accessibility that disables them. This week is Deaf Awareness Week and so Andrew Cochrane, Programme and Access Coordinator at Shape and deaf artist, and Lulu Nunn, Arts Engagement, PR and Marketing Officer at Shape and curator, share some simple advice for individuals and small organisations working... Keep reading on Shape Arts
More than 900,000 people in the UK are severely or profoundly deaf; under the social model of disability, it is not a disabled person’s health condition or impairment, but society’s discrimination and lack of accessibility that disables them. This week is Deaf Awareness Week and so Andrew Cochrane, Programme and Access Coordinator at Shape and deaf artist, and Lulu Nunn, Arts Engagement, PR and Marketing Officer at Shape and curator, share some simple advice for individuals and small organisations working... Keep reading on Shape Arts