Accessible Arts / arts + disability NSW

TAFE NSW Accredited Disability Awareness and Access Training

Accessible Arts has been providing accredited Disability Awareness & Access (DA&A) training for over ten years. Developed by TAFE NSW in association with Accessible Arts, DA&A training is aligned to the module ‘Accessibility Awareness’ from the TAFE NSW accredited course ‘Arts Accessibility’.

This four-hour session is designed to increase understanding of disability and access issues in an arts context and includes an in class assessment task. A TAFE NSW transcript is issued upon completion of the training, when participants:

• Complete a TAFE NSW enrolment form

• Attend all four hours

• Participate fully in all activities

• Contribute to discussion

• Complete an in class assessment task

“This was a help to me – particularly in regard to updating my knowledge of appropriate/inappropriate language.” 

DA&A Training participant
Age and Fishes Museum, Canowindra

2011 Disability Awareness and Access Training Session

Learning Outcomes:

• Define disability and identify it in a social context

• Discuss and apply principles of universal access and design

• Identify the legal responsibilities in providing access for people with disability

• Identify barriers faced by people with disability in accessing venues and participating in events

• Identify strategies for good customer service for people with disability and the communication of access requirements

• Raise awareness of an understanding of disability culture in the arts

• Identify strategies to implement in the workplace

Further Information & Bookings

• For further information download the Training Overview 2011 (Word, 205KB)

• For queries and bookings contact Amanda Tink, Training Coordinator, tel: 02 9251 6499 ext 106 or atink@aarts.net.au.