Actual Lives

Resources

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VSA arts of Texas
VSA arts of Texas is a nonprofit organization that works to make the arts accessible to everyone.
AbilityHub.com
Guide to adaptive equipment, software, and alternative methods for the disable to successfully use computer technology.
WGBH
Boston area public television station WGBH is working to bring media access to television, movie theaters, and the web.
The National Arts and Disability Center
NADC is a national information dissemination, technical assistance and referral center specializing in the field of arts and disability.
DB LINK
A new online directory of worldwide resources for and about people with combined vision and hearing loss.
Disability is Natural
A book by Kathie Snow with revolutionary common sense for raising successful children with disabilities.
Imagine Art
Imagine Art is on a mission to increase the presence of artists with disabilities as they pursue professional opportunities in the Austin arts community.
Matisse Picasso i-Map Project
A digital project designed for visually impaired people that aims to explore some of the ideas, innovations and working methods of Matisse and Picasso, two of the twentieth century's most influential artists.
Disability Museum
The goal of the Disability Museum is to promote understanding about the historical experience of people with disabilities by recovering, chronicling, and interpreting their stories.
Mouth Magazine
Voice of the Disability Nation
Ragged Edge
A disability rights publication.
The DisAbility Project
Similar to Actual Lives, in St. Louis, Mo.
the Mickee Faust Club
Terry Galloway's Performance Company in Tallahassee, Florida.
VSA arts
VSA arts is an affiliate of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

For a longer discussion about Actual Lives, see "Actual Lives: A Pedagogy of Difference," by Chris Strickling, in Radical Acts: Theatre and Feminist Pedagogies of Change.

Actual Lives is one of several programs from VSA arts of Texas to bring people with disabilities complete access to cultural, artistic, and educational venues, programs and employment.

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