Webinars
- Guest speakers, to be announced prior to each webinar.
- Open registration
- 1-hour, 4 times a year
- Recording will be available
Upcoming:
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
11am-12pm CST
Register here
Topic: Reducing Access Fatigue in Our Cultural Spaces
"Access Fatigue," an experience coined by Dr. Annika Konrad, is the fatigue that comes from constantly having to explain one's accessibility needs, disability, and having to ask for accommodations to meet their needs. Together we'll unpack this concept, and apply it to people with different types of disabilities. We will explore how we can reduce the fatigue our guests face so more of their focus can be on their experience with their friends or family, and less of a burden of having to advocate for what they need.
Speaker: Christena Gunther (she/her)
Bringing Chicago together around the intersection of disability and the arts was Christena’s main aim as she started Cultural Access Collaborative in 2013. Having over a decade of experience in cultural accessibility from a variety of cultural organizations, including the Metropolitan Museum and Lincoln Center, she currently serves as Assistant Director of Disability Services at Adler University. Thanks to her brother who has Down syndrome, cultural accessibility became her passion as they visited museums and attended plays together. Christena speaks internationally about cultural accessibility, especially the importance of establishing a local access knowledge network in one’s own community.