Resources for Planning Accessible Meetings

North Carolina Office on Disability and Health / Center for Universal Design
Removing Barriers: Planning Meetings that are Accessible to All Participants (PDF)
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~ncodh/pdfs/rbmeetingguide.pdf 

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
"Section 504 Programs and Activities Accessibility Handbook"
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/504/504_handbook.pdf

National Assistive Technology Technical Assistance Partnership (NATTAP)
"Arranging Accessible Meetings"
http://www.resna.org/taproject/library/bulletins/tapaug.html

New York State Department of Health
"How to Plan Events that Everybody Can Attend"
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/promo/events.htm

Canadian Abilities Foundation
"See Through Barriers: Making Conferences & Events Accessible to People Who Are Blind"
http://e-bility.com/articles/feb00.shtml

Association of Science and Technology Centers
Accessible Best Practices (resources for accessible science centers, museums, exhibits, displays, presentations, tours, and meetings):
http://www.astc.org/resource/access/best.htm
												
Education Resources Information Center/Office of Special Education Programs
"Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings: An ERIC/OSEP Information Brief for Conference Planners"
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/e735.html  

"Accessible Temporary Events: A Planning Guide", by the Center for Universal Design, offers information to help plan events such as fairs, festivals, concerts, tournaments, shows, parades, and rallies. It is distributed by the national network of Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs); call 1-800-949-4232 (voice/TTY) or visit http://www.adata.org to contact your regional DBTAC. 

Information about ordering "A Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings", which is a very comprehensive guide, as well as a companion checklist and guidelines for speakers (scroll to find): http://www.jik.com/resource.html

An on-line tutorial on planning accessible meetings is posted at http://www.section508.gov  
Click on the link to “508 Training”, then the link to “REGISTER”, where you will need to enter a user name and password to access the tutorials in the “508 Universe”. Once you have entered the system, you will see on the left side of the page a link labeled “508 Training Courses” under the heading “My 508 Universe”. Follow this link to find a list of the courses, including “Accessible Conferences”.