The mission of the NADC is to promote the full inclusion of audiences and artists with disabilities into all facets of the arts community.

The NADC is a leading consultant in the arts and disability community, and the only center of its kind. Since 1994, we provided technical assistance to over 31,564 individuals, disseminated information to over 669,080 individuals and organizations, and provided training to 5,069 professionals, paraprofessionals, or artists with and without disabilities. Recipients of our technical assistance include museums, performing arts organizations, art centers, film and television companies and unions, universities and colleges, national publications, disability specific groups, artists with disabilities, arts educators, students, arts administrators and government policy makers.
The NADC is a program of the Tarjan Center at the University of California, Los Angeles - Semel Institute. Its programs are supported by UCLA and federal, state and private grants and contracts.

The NADC web site offers free resource directories, annotated bibliographies, and materials and articles on a wide array of subjects. The web site contains the equivalent of over 600 pages of information. Topic areas include: disability art and culture, accessible programs for museums, mixed-ability dance, inclusive theatre, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the arts, common terms used regarding accessibility and the arts, products and services, marketing and publicity, and strategies to design accessible arts web sites. We provide prompt technical assistance via our online "Help Desk." The site contains links to other national and internationally known arts and disability web sites along with a web tour of individual artists with disabilities. We also present an online gallery that features the work of artists with disabilities.

In collaboration with the VSA arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, the NADC is administering a national initiative that provides support and technical assistance to State Arts Agencies and their VSA arts affiliate to convene a Statewide Forum on Careers in the Arts. The purposes of the Statewide Forums are to assess the education and career needs and barriers for artists and arts administrators with disabilities; and to develop and implement strategies to overcome barriers and advance careers in the arts for individuals with disabilities. To date, 18 forums have been convened in Minnesota, New Mexico, Maryland, Hawaii, California, Washington, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, Indiana, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio. For 2006, Maine and Tennessee have been funded to carry out a statewide forum on careers in the arts for persons with disabilities.

• Helps you find others with shared interests, like our Arts and Disability Network
• Disseminates information about your work
• Provides information about educational and training opportunities on our calendar of events
• Provides information on "Calls for Artists"
• Provides reference listings of books, articles and videotapes on topics related to art and disability
• Advocates and trains organizations and cultural venues to be more accessible to artists with disabilities
• Tells others in the arts and disability community about you, your exhibits, or performances

The services we provide are:

• Arts Resource Directories and Training Materials
• Specialized Consultation, Training and Evaluation Services
• Technical Assistance
• Online International Calendar of Events and Call for Entries
• Information Dissemination
• Advocacy and Networking
• Research and Evaluation
• California Directory of Artists with Disabilities

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