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Community Living 
Expanding Access to Recreation and Social/Cultural Activities
The purpose of this project is to expand opportunities for integrated recreational, social and cultural activities in Maine for people with disabilities by providing information to programs and establishments to raise their awareness and their level of program and facility accessibility (e.g., development of a resource guide for fitness facility managers) and by informing people with disabilities about accessible location and activities in Maine (e.g., replication of low-cost electronic calendar). CMS has provided funding for this 3-year project under the 2001 Real Choices Systems Change grant solicitation.
Reports & Products
- Making Connections:
A Manual for Developing and
Operating an Electronic Calendar of Accessible Events and Activities
in Your Community
The Access to Recreation project goals included an activity to replicate Portland Connections, a model calendar of low-cost events, in three communities in Maine. The project staff met with Portland Connections staff to learn about the history and operation of the calendar. The manual was written as a guide to support the replication of Portland Connections for the grant goals and for future calendars that can be developed after the grant is completed. It is available in alternative formats and includes a CD with templates for use by calendar staff - or you many download the PDF versions here: manual, calendar survey template, calendar template, comment card template, icon template, keyword template. To access the replicated low-cost electronic calendar created by the Maine Parent Federation, go to http://www.linkmaine.org and click on "Recreation Station". - Expanding
Access to Recreation in Maine for People with Disabilities: A
Report of Findings from a Focus Group with Fitness Facilities
The Access to Recreation project conducted a focus group in February 2003 to collect information from a representative group of facilities regarding the utilization of fitness facilities by people with disabilities to determine facilities' interests in expanding access; their resource needs to support expansion; and the preferred methodology for staff to access resource information. This is a report about our findings. - Resource
Guide for Fitness Facility Managers
This Resource Guide was created based on the findings of the "Expanding Access to Recreation in Maine for People with Disabilities" report.
http://www.accessmaine.org/Toolkits/FitnessFacility/fitnessfac.htm - Self-Assessment Survey for Accessibility
The project worked with the Committee for Accessible Leisure, Arts and Recreation on the development of the self-assessment survey tool to help facilities or programs evaluate accessibility for people with disabilities. To download a copy of this tool, go to http://www.vsartsmaine.org/accme.htm and click on "Self-Assessment Survey for Accessibility". - Final Report: Expanding Access to Recreation and
Social/Cultural Activities
If you would prefer receiving the reports in an alternative format (for example, Braille), please contact Mark Richards.
Project Contact
Mark Richards
V oice: 207-780-4527 or 800-800-4876, ext. 4527
TTY: 207-780-5646 or 866-783-6461
Fax: 207-780-4953
Email: markr@usm.maine.edu
