90 Broad Street Ste. 2100
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 226-3586
Fax: (212) 226-3963
Email: admin@pw.org
Internet: http://www.pw.org
Description: The California Readings/Workshops Program provides direct support to writers by helping sponsoring organizations match writers' fees. P&W will match between $50 and $300 in fee money; applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and must be received eight weeks in advance of an event. In the past year, over 700 writers were been funded.

Employment Access Department
7000 W. Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: (323) 782-4548
Fax: (323) 782-4807
Internet: http://www.wga.org/
Description: The Writers Guild of America West works with producers, studio and network heads and writers to increase their employment and the availability of writing assignments for writers who are Black, Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, American India, women over 40, and the disabled.

P.O. Box 1107
Berkeley, CA 94701
Phone: (510) 845-5576
Email: cdtinfo@aol.com
Internet: http://www.culturedisabilitytalent.org
Description: Culture! Disability! Talent! mission is to eliminate negative media images of people with disabilities by promoting and supporting performers, artists, and media makers with disabilities. Some of CDT's activities include: showcasing members' work at BI-monthly membership meetings, producing a quarterly newsletter, and producing an annual, international media festival of works by and/or about people with disabilities called Superfest. In addition, they produces a resource guide containing content and contact information from all Superfest entrants.

4071 Port Chicago Highway Ste 250
Concord, CA 94520-1157
Phone: (925) 602-7721
Email: dgordy@edd.ca.gov
Internet: http://www.disabilityemployment.org/med_acc.htm
Description: MAO North provides a casting liaison service representing over 150 performers with disabilities in the Northern California area, script consultation on disability issues, and educational opportunities and career development for members. As MAO North is a program of the state's Employment Development Department, there are no membership dues or fees for any services (the main MAO Office, for those in the LA area, is located in Glendale, and is listed separately).

1610 Highland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60660
Phone: (847) 332-2464
Fax: (847) 332-2463
Email: joshuaflanders@cimi.ws
Internet: http://www.cinemaforthedeaf.org
Description: The International Association of Deaf Media Professionals (IADMP) is an international organization that includes media professionals who are deaf and hard of hearing and involved in broadcast/cable television, motion picture film, Internet- based video, home video, and other related media technologies. Hearing media professionals are encouraged to join as associate members. Association will release a quarterly newsletter featuring guest columnists from the national and international deaf media community. Annual membership is $10. Associate memberships for hearing media professionals are $10, and lifetime memberships for $100 are also available.

Verdugo Jobs Center
1255 South Central Ave.
Glendale, CA 91204
Phone: (818) 409-0448
Fax: (818) 507-4319
Email: GCastane@edd.ca.gov
Internet: http://www.edd.ca.gov/mediaaccessawards
Description: The Media Access Office provides a liaison between performers with disabilities and the entertainment and media industry. They are pioneer in public and private partnership. The office provides numerous services to the community, enabling media products to be produced and individuals to succeed at levels worthy of recognition by the Media Access Awards. The Media Access Office has over 900 actors and media professionals with disabilities on file.

520 8th Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10018-4156
Phone: (212) 609-5900
Email: tcg@tcg.org
Internet: http://www.tcg.org/
Description: The National Organization for the American Theatre. TCG's programs include grants and awards to theatre artists and institutions; conferences, workshops and round tables; government affairs; surveys and research; a national arts employment bulletin; and a publications program that produces a line of books and periodicals, including the monthly magazine, American Theatre.

300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Ste. 3310
Los Angeles, CA 90095-6967
Phone: (310) 794-1411
Fax: (310) 794-1143
Email: bstoffmacher@mednet.ucla.edu
Internet: http://nadc.ucla.edu
Description: The National Arts and Disability Center (NADC) is the national information dissemination, technical assistance and referral center specializing in the field of arts and disability. The NADC is dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities into arts communities. Its resource directories, annotated bibliographies, related links and conferences serve to advance artists with disabilities and accessibility to the arts. The NADC is a project of the University of California, at Los Angeles (UCLA), Tarjan Center.

1029 Vermont Ave., NW 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 347-6352
TDD: (202) 347-5948
Fax: (202) 737-0526
Email: nasaa@nasaa-arts.org
Internet: http://www.nasaa-arts.org/
Description: The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is the membership organization that unites, represents and serves the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies. NASAA's mission is to advance and promote a meaningful role for the arts in the lives of individuals, families and communities throughout the United States. They empower state arts agencies through strategic assistance that fosters leadership, enhances planning and decision making, and increases resources.

155 Avenue of The Americas 14th Floor
New York, NY 10013-1507
Phone: (510) 758-1878 ext: 201
Email: nyfainfo@nyfa.org
Internet: http://www.nyfa.org/
Description: The New York Foundation for the Arts enables contemporary artists to create and share their works and provides the broader public with opportunities to experience and understand the arts. The Foundation accomplishes this by providing responsive leadership and advocacy, offering financial and informational support and building collaborative relationships with others who are committed to the arts in New York State and throughout the United States.

P.O. Box 383
Westhampton, NY 11977
Email: safe@survivorsartfoundation.org
Internet: http://www.survivorsartfoundation.org
Description: Survivors Art Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to empowering visual, literary and performing artists with effective expressive outlets, via a Web Gallery, National Exhibitions, Outreach Programs and Publications. Their goal is to provide entertainment, education, exposure to the arts, and public awareness, while mainstreaming trauma survivors with physical and mental disabilities into the arts.

818 Connecticut Ave, NW Ste.600
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 628-2800
TDD: (202) 737-0645
Fax: (202) 429-0868
Email: info@vsarts.org
Internet: http://www.vsarts.org/
Description: VSA arts is an International organization that creates learning opportunities through the arts for people with disabilities. The organization offers arts-based programs in creative writing, dance, drama, music and the visual arts implemented primarily through there vast affiliated network in 39 states and the District of Columbia, collaborators in 10 states, and 70 international affiliates in 67 countries. VSA arts' programs now serve 4.3 million Americans and 1.3 million people in other parts of the world. Among the many activities of the organization, VSA arts provides information on access issues for arts organizations. Affiliates work with cultural organizations to eliminate physical and programmatic barriers that keep people from fully availing themselves of the arts.

P.O. Box 1002M
Bay Shore, NY 11706-0533
Phone: (631) 586-0366
Fax: (631) 586-0366
Email: CDMNews@aol.com
Internet: http://www.disabled-musicians.org/
Description: The Coalition for Disabled Musicians is a nonprofit, self-help, volunteer organization of musicians with disabilities. They produce and perform music, conduct workshops, promote community awareness, develop adaptive techniques to address pain and physical limitations, and assist in connecting disabled musicians around the nation and the world with eachother.

1211 Connecticut NW Suite 200
Washington, DC Phone: (202) 833-2787
Email: info@artspresenters.org
Internet: http://www.artspresenters.org
Description: The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is the largest advocacy organization for the presenting and touring field in the United States.

6502 Westmoreland Ave.
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Phone: (301) 920-0218
Fax: (208) 445-0079
Email: jsnyder@audiodescribe.com
Internet: http://www.audiodescribe.com
Description: Audio Description Associates offers a full range of Audio Description services. ADA professionals use their expertise in the arts to create access for people who are blind or have low vision and their families (13 million Americans are legally blind). ADA helps communities, arts organizations, and other entities  build Audio Description programs providing access to a broad array activities (media, museum exhibits, theater, opera, and dance), as well as museum exhibits, meetings, tours, circuses, parades, and sports events.

159-00 Riverside Drive West, Suite 7F
New York, NY 10032
Phone: (212) 740-3087
Fax: (212) 740-4157
Email: Info@handson.org
Internet: http://HandsOn.org
Description: Hands On is a New York based, volunteer run, service organization dedicated to providing greater accessibility to arts and cultural events for the deaf and hard of hearing community. Founded in 1982, its mission is to bring the performing and fine arts to deaf adults and children and cultivate them as patrons of the arts.

2700 F. Street, NW
Washington, DC, DC 20566-0001
Phone: (202) 416-8727
Fax: (202) 416-8728
Email: access@kennedy-center.org
Internet: http://www.kennedy-center.org/accessibility/
Description: The John F. Kennedy Center Accessibility Office supports the inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of the performing and cultural arts. The staff are available to provide technical assistance via the phone or email on issues specific to making the cultural arts accessible; provide referrals on a national, regional and state level; and conduct training. Annually the Kennedy Center hosts the ADA/504 Coordinators and Accessibility Managers in the Cultural Arts Conference which provides training on legal issues, universal design, programmatic access and employment.

1100 State Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66102
Phone: (913) 281-1133
Fax: (913) 281-1515
Email: accarts@accessiblearts.org
Internet: http://www.accessiblearts.org
Description: Accessible Arts is a non-profit organization that champion the arts for children with disabilities and advocates access to the arts. Above all, access to the arts for children with disabilities is our core principle. Advocacy, education and collaboration are essential components in accomplishing their objectives. Programming includes the following: Training for persons presenting arts experiences for children with disabilities, arts demonstrations focusing on individual student abilities, special programs on arts and disabilities and inclusive arts programming for children. Resource Center with materials on arts, therapies, special education and accessibility. Educational materials including videos, monographs and curricula.

1000 Vermont Avenue NW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 371-2830
Fax: (202) 371-0424
Email: americanforthearts@artsusa.org
Internet: http://www.AmericansForTheArts.org
Description: Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. Dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.

P.O. Box 25159
Phoenix, AZ 85002
Phone: (602) 757-8118 or (520) 631-6253
Fax: (602) 258-9521
Email: Artabilityaz@hotmail.com
Internet: http://www.artability.org/
Description: ArtAbility acts as a bridge between arts organizations and the disability community by acting as a resource to arts & cultural organizations; providing technical assistance to organizations on accessibility; promoting accessible events; conducting customer service training for arts groups; distributing calendars of accessible programming; and by organizing, promoting and coordinating Audio Description, American Sign Language interpretation, and other accessibility services.

101 Halifax Street
Adelaide Australia, INT 3205
Phone: 61882240799 96998299
TDD: (+61 3) 9699 7636
Fax: 61882240709
Email: info@artsaccess-sa.org.au
Internet: http://www.artsaccess-sa.org.au
Description: Arts Access (Australia) is an professional arts organization which facilitates opportunities for participation in the arts and cultural activity for people who are disadvantaged, including people with a disability. Arts Access works in partnership with government and community arts and health organizations. Arts Access also offers a comprehensive training program for the arts, entertainment and community sectors in disability awareness and arts practice for and with people with a disability.

P.O. Box 25044
Raleigh, NC 27611-5044
Phone: (919) 833-9919
Email: info@artsaccessinc.org
Internet: http://www.artsaccessinc.org/
Description: Arts Access is an organization whose fundamental goal is to encourage and enable people with disabilities to have full access to arts programs and facilities and participate fully in the cultural and artistic life of the Triangle area of North Carolina. We provide trained Audio Describers to theaters at select performances so that patrons who are visually impaired can "see" a play; we place wheelchairs at theatres and art galleries, and lend assistive listening devices; and we provide information about sign language interpreters and provide consultation and training on accessibility to arts organizations.

1025 Vermont Ave.,Northwest, Ste. 6310
Washington, DC 20005-3516
Phone: (202) 783-7200
Fax: (202) 783-7207
Email: info@astc.org
Internet: http://www.astc.org
Description: The Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated (ASTC) is an organization of science centers and museums dedicated to furthering the public understanding of science to an increasingly diverse audience. ASTC provides professional development for the science center field, promotes best practices, supports effective communication, strengthens the position of science centers within the community at large, and fosters the creation of successful partnerships and collaborations. ASTC seeks to support museums in their ongoing efforts to successfully respond to the interests and needs of underserved groups in general, and people with disabilities in particular.

1300 I Street #930
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 322-6344
Fax: (916) 322-6575
Email: wcook@caartscouncil.com
Internet: http://www.cac.ca.gov
Description: The mission of the CAC is to provide statewide leadership that enables and stimulates individuals and organizations to create, present, teach and preserve the art of all cultures, thereby enriching the quality of life for all Californians.

1300 I Street #930
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 322-6344
Fax: (916) 322-6575
Email: wcook@caartscouncil.com
Internet: http://www.cac.ca.gov
Description: The mission of the CAC is to provide statewide leadership that enables and stimulates individuals and organizations to create, present, teach and preserve the art of all cultures, thereby enriching the quality of life for all Californians.