Accessibility

IN DEPTH:

NPS Accessibility Poster »

Accessibility & Audiovisual Media »

Frequently Asked Questions »

PDF DOCUMENTS:

Improving Exhibits for Visitors with Disabilities »

Section 504 »

Tactile Wayside Map Guidelines »

Help With PDF »

How the National Park Service can provide programmatic access in its interpretive efforts to communicate with people with disabilities is a challenging and complex topic. We all need guidance about how to apply standards and best practices Servicewide.

HFC Accessibility Documents

Improving Exhibits for Visitors with Disabilities (Initiative to enhance programmatic accessibility at C&O Canal NHP - November 2007 - 37 pages)

• Improving Exhibits for Visitors with Disabilities (PDF - 5.1 MB)
• Improving Exhibits for Visitors with Disabilities (DOC - 17.6 MB)

HFC onMedia (Accessibility issue – November 2007 – 18 pages)

• November 2007 HFC onMedia (PDF - 3.92 MB)

Programmatic Accessibility Guidelines for National Park Service Interpretive Media (under revision)

Tactile Wayside Map Guidelines (3 pages)

• Tactile Wayside Map Guidelines (PDF)

White House Visitor Center Accessibility Evaluation (15-page Summary – 6-page Report – June 2008)

• White House Visitor Center Evaluation Summary (PDF - 1.8 MB)
• White House Visitor Center Evaluation Summary (DOC - 1.8 MB)
• White House Visitor Center Evaluation Report (PDF)
• White House Visitor Center Evaluation Report (DOC)

HFC Accessibility Links

• Accessibility Best Practices for Video Podcasts (December 2007)
• Large-Print Brochure Templates (January 2009)
• NPS Accessibility Poster

Frequently Asked Questions

• Accessibility & Audiovisual Media
• Accessibililty Standards for Trail Leaflet Box Height

Accessibility Training Opportunities

Most of our accessibility awareness training is through the National Center on Accessibility:

• Accessibility Training Courses

Related Links

• Architectual Barriers Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS)
• DisabilityInfo.gov
• National Center on Accessibility
• National Park Service Accessibility
• Section 504 – Subpart E – Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Conducted by Dept of Interior (PDF)
• Section 508 (Electronic and Information Technology Access Standards)
• Service Wide Accessibility Coordinating Committee (SWACC) (NPS INTRAnet only)
• Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible Exhibition Design
• Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD)

HFC Accessibility Committee Members

• Magaly Green - HFC Accessibility Coordinator, Service Wide Accessibility Coordinating Committee member
• Lori Simmons - Representative of publications media, Service Wide Accessibility Coordinating Committee member
• Melinda Schmitt - Alternate representative of publications media
• Warren Duke - Representive of audio visual media
• Anne Tubiolo - Representive of audio visual media
• Michele Hartley - Representive of audio visual media
• Anita T. Smith - Representive of exhibit media
• Paul Koehler - Alternate representive of exhibit media
• Mark W. Johnson - Representative of wayside exhibit media
• Michael Paskowsky - Representative of workflow management

NPS Accessibility Coordinators

(April 2009)

• National Park Service Accessibility Coordinators (PDF)
• National Park Service Accessibility Coordinators (DOC)