The Sprouting Library of Resources is a digital space created to share and grow collective knowledge of work being done in this field. This format is utilized by many accessibility-centered orgs. The library also serves as an archive of our programming, maintaining documents, and other outputs from the project.
✊🏿=BIPOC, 🌟=Disabled/Crip, 🦄=LGBTQ2S
| TITLE/NAME | CREATOR | THEME | FORMAT | SUB-FORMAT | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXS Map 🔗 | Jason DaSilva | Access Mapping | Blog/Site | 🌟 | |
| Subway Accessibility Maps 🔗 | Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY | Access Mapping | Blog/Site | ||
| Map of Wheelchair Accessibile and Inclusive Play Playgrounds 🔗 | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation | Access Mapping | Blog/Site | ||
| Mapping Access Toolkit 🔗 | Aimi Hamraie and the Critical Design Lab | Access Mapping | Book | Text only | ✊🏾, 🌟 |
| Mapping Access 🔗 | Aimi Hamraie and the Critical Design Lab | Access Mapping | Blog/Site | ||
| Now is the Time to Address Issues of Accessibility for Artists and Institutions 🔗 | Sara Reisman | Creative/Professional Resource | Article | Text only | |
| Access Toolkit for Artworkers 🔗 | Iaraith Ní Fheorais | Creative/Professional Resource | Blog/Site | Text and audio | |
| Access Docs for Artists 🔗 | Leah Clements, Alice Hattrick, Lizzy Rose | Creative/Professional Resource | Blog/Site | Text only | 🌟 |
| Hedva's Disability Access Rider 🔗 | johanna hedva | Creative/Professional Resource | Blog/Site | Text only | ✊🏾, 🌟, 🦄 |
| Disabled and Here 🔗 | Elea Chang | Creative/Professional Resource | Blog/Site | ✊🏾, 🌟, 🦄 | |
| NEA Brief Accessibility Checklist 🔗 | NEA | Creative/Professional Resource | Blog/Site | Text only | |
| Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability 🔗 | Aimi Hamraie | Creative/Professional Resource | Book | Text only | 🌟, 🦄 |
| A Guide for Diverse Art Practice: for artists, curators, educators, and arts administrators 🔗 | Aida Lizalde | Creative/Professional Resource | Book | Text only | ✊🏾 |
| DIY Access Guide: For Bands, Artists, and Promoters on How to Make Gigs and Tours More Accessible for Deaf and Disabled People 🔗 | Attitude is Everything | Creative/Professional Resource | Book | Text only | 🌟 |
| The Politics of <<Creative Access>>: Guidelines for a Critical Dis/ability Curatorial Practice 🔗 | Amanda Cachia | Creative/Professional Resource | Essay | Text only | 🌟 |
| Accessibility and the Arts: Reconsidering the Role of the Artist 🔗 | Katrina Sullivan, Bronwyn Mauldin | Creative/Professional Resource | Essay | Text only | |
| Accessibility in the Arts: A Promise and A Practice 🔗 | Carolyn Lazard | Creative/Professional Resource | Essay | Text and audio | ✊🏾, 🌟, 🦄 |
| cripple 🔗 | sara, emily | Creative/Professional Resource | Organization | 🌟, 🦄 | |
| blindishlatina 🔗 | Catarina Rivera | Creative/Professional Resource | Social Media | ✊🏾, 🌟 | |
| yarn_against_the_machine 🔗 | Riz | Daily Life Resources | Social Media | ✊🏾, 🌟, 🦄 | |
| kalamendoza 🔗 | Kalaya'an Mendoza | Daily Life Resources | Social Media | ✊🏾, 🌟, 🦄 | |
| How to Write Alt Text and Image Descriptions for the visually impaired 🔗 | Perkins Institute for the Blind | Digital Accessibility | Article | Text only | |
| Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) 🔗 | W3C | Digital Accessibility | Blog/Site | Text only | |
| The collective experience of translating art for people who are blind 🔗 | Mariana Otero | Disability Justice | Article | Text only | ✊🏾, 🌟 |
| Crutches and Spice 🔗 | Barbarin, Imani | Disability Justice | Blog/Site | ✊🏾, 🌟 | |
| Care as Praxis 🔗 | Dr. Shayda Kafai | Disability Justice | Blog/Site | ✊🏾, 🌟, 🦄 | |
| Disability Visibility Project 🔗 | Alice Wong | Disability Justice | Blog/Site | ✊🏾, 🌟 | |
| Matters of Care: Speculative Ethics in More than Human Worlds 🔗 | Maria Puig de la Bellacasa | Disability Justice | Book | Text only | |
| Blackness and Disability: Critical Examinations and Cultural Interventions 🔗 | Christopher M. Bell | Disability Justice | Book | Text only | ✊🏾, 🦄 |
| Design Justice: Community Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need 🔗 | Sasha Costanza-Chock | Disability Justice | Book | 🌟, 🦄 | |
| Crip Technoscience Manifesto 🔗 | Aimi Hamraie, Kelly Fritsch | Disability Justice | Essay | Text only | 🌟, 🦄 |
| Sick Woman Theory 🔗 🔗 | johanna hedva | Disability Justice | Essay | Text only | ✊🏾, 🌟, 🦄 |
| embracing.ambiguity 🔗 | Broas, Sarah | Disability Justice | Social Media | 🌟, 🦄 | |
| blind_person_in_area 🔗 | Tricarico, Tatum | Intro to Accessibility | Social Media | 🌟 | |
| Crip Lit: Toward an Intersectional Crip Syllabus 🔗 | Tovah Leibowitz | Library/Resource Hub | Article | Text only | 🦄 |
| Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ) 🔗 | Society for Disability Studies | Library/Resource Hub | Blog/Site | Text only | |
| Crip News 🔗 | Kevin Gotkin | Library/Resource Hub | Blog/Site | Text only | 🌟, 🦄 |
| Unlimited 🔗 | - | Library/Resource Hub | Organization | ||
| Disability Drawing Club 🔗 | - | Organization | Organization | 🌟 | |
| Peoples Hub 🔗 | - | Organization | Social Media | ||
| Black Walnut Books 🔗 | - | Organization | Store/Retail | ✊🏾, 🦄 | |
| Disability Cultural Center | - | Organization | |||
| Disabled Hikers 🔗 | - | Organization | |||
| New Economy Coalition 🔗 | - | Organization | |||
| the disability collective 🔗 | - | Organization | |||
| Labs for Liberation 🔗 | Northwester University and Vanderbilt University | Organization | |||
| Sick Stories 🔗 | - | Organization | |||
| The Care Lab 🔗 | - | Organization | |||
| GenderFail 🔗 | Be Oakley | Organization | 🌟, 🦄 | ||
| Ill Feelings 🔗 🔗 | Alice Hattrick | Personal Experiences | Book | Text and audio | 🌟, 🦄 |
| The Cancer Journals 🔗 | Audre Lorde | Personal Experiences | Book | Text only | ✊🏾, 🦄 |
| Otherhow: Essays and Documents on Art and Disability 1985-2024 🔗 | Joseph Grigely | Personal Experiences | Book | Text only | 🌟 |
| restingupcollective_ 🔗 | - | Personal Experiences | Social Media | 🌟 | |
| In My Language 🔗 | Mel Baggs | Personal Experiences | Video | 5 mins - 30 mins | 🌟, 🦄 |
| Illness as Metaphor 🔗 | Susan Sontag | Book | Text only | 🦄 | |
| AIDS and its Metaphors 🔗 | Susan Sontag | Book | Text only | 🦄 | |
| Artist Adaptation Corner: A Guide for Blind Artists 🔗 | Joey Hernandez | Daily Life Resources | Blog/Site | 🌟 | |
| ourblindworld 🔗 | Chris Webb | Personal Experiences | Social Media | 🌟 |