Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities in the cultural sector 

What is it?

The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (the Centre) has produced a series of 10 practical booklets on the reasonable accommodation that can be made for people with disabilities or reduced mobility in 10 sectors of everyday life: culture, hospitality, public services, shops, etc. In this way, it seeks to raise awareness of the concept of reasonable accommodation among suppliers of goods and services. Above all, this booklet is intended to be a practical and useful tool to help event organisers, museum and theatre managers, and library managers to implement reasonable accommodation in the cultural sector. The examples come from a study by the Centre de Recherche et d’Information des Organisations (CRIOC), carried out at the request of the Centre, as well as from the Centre’s day-to-day practice.

Why is it important? / How can it help the professionals of the cultural sector?

This guide helps professionals in the cultural sector to better understand their audience and to come up with concrete proposals for adapting the institution they are in charge of.

Tool name

Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities in the cultural sector 

Tool type

Official guidelines

Accessibility features

Practical advice for professionals

Multilingual support

Dutch and French

Public targeted

Event organisers, managers of museums or theatres, library managers

Open source / free / paid / other

Free

User Interface (UI) adaptability

This is a downloadable online guide

Platform compatibility

The guide is accessible online, via a computer or via a mobile phone

Installation and setup

n/c

Updates and maintenance

n/c

User support and documentation

The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism has produced a series of 10 practical booklets on the reasonable accommodation that can be made for people with a disability or reduced mobility in 10 sectors of everyday life.

Integration with other tools

This is an evolutionary guide, it can be linked with other tools

Accessibility standards compliance

n/c

One/two examples of a project where the tool has been used

This booklet is sent to all the Belgium’s cultural players.

User feedback/success stories

Art Beyond Sight guide

Access-i