Accessibility Agreement

The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified cooperative agreement to Indiana University National Center on Accessibility for the project "Accessibility Agreement". The project aims to evaluate the current status of the Service's programs, facilities, and services to determine the needs for education, technical assistance, and research that improve accessibility. The recipient will develop and implement a national training and education program for the Service and other park and recreation professionals at the federal, state, local, and private levels to increase awareness and knowledge of methods to ensure people with disabilities have equal access to park and recreation facilities, programs, and opportunities. • Develop and implement best practice examples of accessible exhibits and interpretive elements for the disability community, museum, and recreation fields at the federal, state, local, and private levels. • Develop and implement a collaborative process for identifying solutions to accessibility challenges in exhibits and interpretive elements for the disability community and museum and recreation fields at the federal, state, local, and private levels. • Develop and implement methods for prototyping, testing, evaluating, and conducting consumer research to guide accessibility solutions for exhibits and interpretive elements for the disability community and museum and recreation fields at the federal, state, local, and private levels. • Inform the disability community and museum and recreation professionals of the best practices, processes, and results through case studies, publications, training, etc.