National Arts &Disability Center
Promoting the Full Inclusion of Artists and Audiences with Disabilities into all Facets of the Arts Community
"About Us
National Arts &Disability Center
The mission of the NADC is to promote the full inclusion of audiences and artists with disabilities into all facets of the arts community.
Brief History
The NADC is a leading consultant in the arts and disability community, and the only center of its kind. Since 1994, we provided technical assistance to over 31,564 individuals, disseminated information to over 669,080 individuals and organizations, and provided training to 5,069 professionals, paraprofessionals, or artists with and without disabilities. Recipients of our technical assistance include museums, performing arts organizations, art centers, film and television companies and unions, universities and colleges, national publications, disability specific groups, artists with disabilities, arts educators, students, arts administrators and government policy makers.The NADC is a program of the Tarjan Center at the University of California, Los Angeles - Semel Institute. Its programs are supported by UCLA and federal, state and private grants and contracts.
The NADC Web Site
The NADC web site offers free resource directories, annotated bibliographies, and materials and articles on a wide array of subjects. The web site contains the equivalent of over 600 pages of information. Topic areas include: disability art and culture, accessible programs for museums, mixed-ability dance, inclusive theatre, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the arts, common terms used regarding accessibility and the arts, products and services, marketing and publicity, and strategies to design accessible arts web sites. We provide prompt technical assistance via our online "Help Desk." The site contains links to other national and internationally known arts and disability web sites along with a web tour of individual artists with disabilities. We also present an online gallery that features the work of artists with disabilities."
National Arts & Disability Center (NADC)
