Welcome to Living Well with MS, where we are pleased to welcome Bee Grzegorzek as our guest! Bee is the Inclusive Communities Manager for UK-based charity, Attitude is Everything, which connects disabled people with music and live event industries to improve access together. They talk to Geoff about making a festival safe and enjoyable, her top tips for finding accessible venues and red flags to look for in a venue’s accessibility.
Watch this episode on YouTube here. Keep reading for the key episode takeaways.
Topics and Timestamps: 00:56 Introduction: What is Attitude is Everything?
03:10 Environmental, organisational and attitudinal barriers to access.
05:34 Advances in accessibility in the last 20 years.
07:36 Whose responsibility is it to educate people about accessibility?
08:57 Bee’s top tips for finding accessible venues.
10:49 Red flags to look for when asking about a venue’s accessibility.
15:13 What to do if there’s an accessibility problem during an event.
17:52 Bee’s recommendations for making a festival as safe and fun as possible.
21:51 How to navigate food at venues with dietary requirements.
23:50 The benefits of accessibility scheme cards.
25:21 Personal assistant tickets.
26:38 Helping disabled artists get their access needs met.
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