Our friends at Partners for Sacred Places are offering a new technical guide to addressing issues of physical accessibility in church buildings.
New Guide Available!
Accessible Faith: A Technical Guide for Accessibility in Houses of Worship
Congregations with older and historic houses of worship often want to make their buildings accessible but are daunted by the quagmires of design and legal and financial issues.
Partners for Sacred Places is pleased to join with the Retirement Research Foundation to offer a new practical guide – Accessible Faith: A Technical Guide for Accessibility in Houses of Worship. This publication provides a wealth of practical solutions for congregations seeking to make their sacred places more accessible. The guide opens with a brief look at disability and whom it includes (a lot more people than you might guess!) and how this issue intersects with congregations. From there, readers are given an introduction to how accessibility laws pertain to religious properties.
The core of the 52- page booklet consists of practical solutions to eliminating physical, auditory, and visual barriers, and to improving signage. The authors use a variety of case examples and support the text with numerous photographs, drawings, charts and diagrams. The guide includes sections covering design, funding, and construction processes, and concludes with a useful bibliography.
The guide can be found at www.sacredplaces.org . To order a printed copy from Partners for Sacred Places, visit www.spacredplaces.org/publications.html or call 215-567-3234. Price: $9.00 for shipping and handling.