The Hippodrome cinema was built in 1911 by Bo’ness cinematography pioneer Louis Dickson and designed by local architect Matthew Steele. It reopened in 2009 following a £2m refurbishment and is now run by Falkirk Council. The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival was started in 2011 and is Scotland’s only silent film festival. The Festival runs a series … More
More than 900,000 people in the UK are severely or profoundly deaf; under the social model of disability, it is not a disabled person’s health condition or impairment, but society’s discrimination and lack of accessibility that disables them. Andrew Cochrane, deaf artist, and Lulu Nunn, Arts Engagement, PR and Marketing Officer at Shape and curator, … More
The primary objective of this guide is to ensure the planning system in England successfully and consistently delivers inclusive environments as an integral part of the development process. An inclusive environment is one that can be used by everyone, regardless of age, gender or disability.
Visit this link to find checklists, infographics, helpsheets and blogs, all designed to help you with your digital captioning and subtitling.
The dos and don’ts of designing for accessibility are general guidelines, best design practices for making services accessible in government. Currently, there are six different posters in the series that cater to users from these areas: low vision, D/deaf and hard of hearing, dyslexia, motor disabilities, users on the autistic spectrum and users of screen readers.
This guide is a compilation of ‘top tips’ and general guidance for working with and welcoming disabled artists and audiences of all ages. We hope it offers long and short term options for people working to any budget. It is not going to give you all the answers (we don’t have them) but we hope … More
Bringing you accessibility solutions to grow your business With nearly 150 years’ experience of working together with blind and partially sighted people, our knowledge can help your business open up a host of new opportunities. Our accessibility services include:
Do you have hearing loss? Are you looking for somewhere to practice your lipreading skills. If so, you’ve come to the right place. This website provides videos of stories being read aloud, so that you can practice your lipreading skills and enjoy some good writing at the same time. You can print out the scripts to help … More
As a British Sign Language user, Nick Beese’s template for working with Sign Language/English interpreters is a useful prep sheet, which you can make work for you; remove sections you don’t think you need or add new ones. If you are a teacher or student this could include a glossary of all the terms used on … More
