Accessibility of outdoor and temporary locations (part 2)

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From the course by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Accessibility to the Scenic Arts

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Accessibility to the Scenic Arts

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Is your show accessible? When we ask about accessibility to shows, most people think about access for wheel chairs: the sitting arrangements and where their WC is accessible. When we ask for more details, people usually think about producing a show where persons with disabilities are performing, for example producing a show where there is some dancing with people on wheel chairs. Accessiblity for us is a comprehensive concept that goes from purchasing a ticket through an accessible website to catching the bus back home after the performance on accessible public transport. Accessible webs, accessible web content, accessible transport, subtitling, audio description... the possiblities are endless. Why is this course useful? To make the venue and the production accessible to all citizens, and specially to persons with disablities. The course will go through the many accessible services you can offer, and how to implement them in your venue or your production. The final aim is to mainstream accessibility so all people have equal access to culture.

From the lesson

VENUE ACCESSIBILITY

Unit 3 “Venue Accessibility” addresses barriers to access to cultural venues and how to remove them. Buildings such as theatres or opera houses or open-air venues used for festival purposes should be as accessible as possible. Based on a distinction between different venue types, this unit covers the accessiblity chain, the FFZ principle, the accessiblity of indoor and outdoor locations as well as temporary locations. Furthermore, it addresses forms of wayfinding, signs, maps and accessibility information as well as adaptations of the venue and assistance animals. Finally, it provides recommendations for assessing and improving venue accessibility.

Introduction1:27

Introduction to indoor and outdoor accessibility2:47

The accessibility chain3:14

Outdoor venue accessibility4:14

The FFZ principle5:01

Indoor venue accessibility5:41

Accessibility of outdoor and temporary locations (part 1)4:34

Accessibility of outdoor and temporary locations (part 2)4:44

Signs, maps and information at a venue4:59

Service-related and assistance-related issues4:30

Assessing venue accessibility4:58

Improving venue accessibility5:15

Meet the Instructors

Pilar Orero
Titular de universidad
Área de Traducción e Interpretación
Sharon Black
Research Fellow and Tutor in Translation and Interpreting
Queen's University Belfast
Anna Matamala
Profesora
Dept. de Traducción e Interpretación y de Estudios de Asia Oriental

In the second part of the accessibility of outdoor and temporary locations,

we address the seating and standing areas and various other facilities.

The underground of the event location should also be accessible.

If not, organise at least one route by which you can reach all essential stages and facilities.

For example, if the event is on a meadow,

you can make a path with wooden boards or other materials that reinforce soils.

Most temporary events have standing places,

where the audience could stand next to a road or in a crowd at a festival square.

Organise a wheelchair platform or temporary seats with free spaces for wheelchair users to sit in the first line.

A wheelchair platform or stage is a raised ground at a height of 80 to 90 cm

to allow a clearer view at the event of the stage.

It can be used for any disabled person and his or her companions.

Sometimes you can organise it with restriction or registration of use.

What is important is that the stage is stable and safe:

arrange the space in relation to the amount of people you can permit,

add handrails and fall protection, use slip-resistant materials and a good slope.

Slopes should have a gradient percentage of maximum 5%.

If you do not have enough space to realise the needed lands of the slope,

you can use a higher percentage of gradient.

One condition though, only with assistance.

There should be enough sanitary facilities which are useable and in good condition.

Add at least one adapted toilet at the event.

It would be better to provide one at any sanitary service point.

This sort of toilets is mostly for rent.

Be sure that you ask for the right measures and equipment inside.

Also access to those temporary modules has to be probably fit.

Accessibility facilities like accessible catering,

adapted campsite, audiovisual facilities like an induction loop, sign language interpreters,

sub- or surtitels and assistance should be provided at temporary events as well.

Eating and drinking are crucial for any event.

Make sure your catering and bars are accessible.

Organise lower parts for the counter.

A height of 80 cm and a clearance under this counter is ideal for wheelchair users.

Children or people with communication difficulties may also benefit from this.

For bigger events such as music festivals that are organised at camping sites,

it would be appropriate to offer extra facilities

like accessible showers, assistance and electricity to charge electrical wheelchairs.

To sum up, if you have a temporary open-air venue, slip-resistant paths

allow visitors to move safely to the main locations and facilities, such as toilets.

Platforms allow wheelchair users to have a clear view of the stage.

Catering facilities should have lower parts with enough clearance.

Additional services and assistance make an outdoor location truly accessible.

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