Accessibility and access
Accessibility means:
People with and without disabilities
should be able to use places, information and activities.
There should be as few barriers as possible.
Access means:
People should be able to find information easily.
And they should be able to use the activities and services.
documenta 16 wants to make many things accessible.
For example:
the website,
information,
exhibition venues,
events
and learning activities.
Everyone should be able to find the information easily.
And everyone should be able to use the activities and services.
This also includes people who need extra support.
documenta 16 wants:
staff
and visitors
to be able to take part.
They should be able to join in everywhere.
The documenta 16 website
will give more and more information about accessibility.
For example:
which barriers people may find
and what support is available.
This helps visitors plan their visit to documenta 16.
Plan means:
People think about something before they do it.
For example:
They can make a travel plan.
Or a plan for visiting an exhibition.
Partners for accessibility at documenta 16
documenta 16 works with different partners on accessibility.
For example:
leicht ist klar – Office for Easy German,
Berlinklusion – Network for Accessibility in Art and Culture,
Disability Advisory Council of the city of Kassel,
FISCHSIGNS – Media Production and Sign Language Training
and manua GmbH – International Sign Language.
A partner can be a person or an organisation.
Partners work together on something.
documenta 16 wants to remove more barriers
This work is never finished.
documenta 16 wants to keep working on accessibility
throughout the exhibition.
documenta 16 also wants to keep thinking about:
What can it do better?
documenta 16 needs help to improve accessibility.
Visitors can give useful feedback.
For example:
there may still be many barriers
at some exhibition venues,or accessibility may work very well
at some exhibition venues.
This feedback can help documenta 16 improve its services.
Do you have a question about accessibility?
Or do you want to give feedback?
Then you can send an email.
The email address is: service@documenta.de
Tickets
A ticket lets you enter an exhibition.
People with disabilities can pay less for their ticket.
For example:
people with a degree of disability of 50 or more.
The degree of disability is shown on a German disability ID card.
The degree of disability is a number.
The number shows
how much a person is disabled by barriers in everyday life.
If you come from another country:
Please ask documenta 16
which disability documents are accepted.
Then you can find out if you can pay less for your ticket.
Aids and assistance
Aids are things that help people.
For example:
a wheelchair,
a guide dog
or an assistance dog.
An assistance dog helps a person with a disability.
For example:
The dog can open doors.
Or it can bring important medicine.
Assistance means:
A person with a disability gets help from another person.
Assistance dogs
and guide dogs
are allowed at all documenta 16 locations.
Some people with disabilities need a support person.
The support person helps them with some things.
The support person does not have to pay
to enter the documenta exhibition.
Accessibility Card
An Accessibility Card is a special card.
It helps visitors enter the exhibition more quickly.
They often do not have to wait as long.
For example:
at exhibition venues.
People with disabilities can get an Accessibility Card.
They can get the card at documenta 16.
Guided tours through the exhibition
At documenta 16,
there are regular guided tours.
The tours are for people who need different kinds of support.
The tours are led by people who know a lot about art.
They are trained for this work.
This means:
They have learned what is important during these tours.
Regular means:
Something happens again and again.
During a guided tour,
a person shows other people around.
For example:
an art exhibition.
The guide explains important things
about the works of art.
There are guided tours in:
German Sign Language,
International Sign,
and Easy German.
There will be more accessible activities later.
Sign Language is a language
used by many deaf people.
People use:
their hands,
their body
and their face.
Do you want to know the dates?
Do you want to book a guided tour?
Or do you have another question?
Then send an email to the visitor service.
The email address is: service@documenta.de
Easy German and Easy English
The documenta 16 website
has information in Easy German and Easy English.
For example:
information about documenta 16,
how to get to documenta 16,
information about tickets
and information about accessibility.
There will be more texts in Easy German and Easy English later.
These texts will also give information about:
the exhibition venues
and other support for visitors.
Sign Language
The documenta 16 website
has videos in Sign Language.
For example:
in German Sign Language
and in International Sign.
The videos give deaf people information.
For example:
information about documenta 16
and how the website works.
There will be more videos later.
More Information in Easy Read Format
Sign Language
The documenta 16 website
has videos in Sign Language.
For example:
in German Sign Language
and in International Sign.
The videos give deaf people information.
For example:
information about documenta 16
and how the website works.
There will be more videos later.
More Information in Sign Language Format
Barriers on the documenta 16 website
People can change the website.
For example:
they can make the text bigger,
they can change the colours
or they can have the website read aloud.
A more difficult way to say this is:
People can change the website settings.
These parts are not accessible yet
Videos
All videos on the website have subtitles.
This means:
You can also read the spoken words in the video.
But the videos do not have audio description.
Audio description
tells blind people:
what can be seen in a picture,
or what is happening in the video.
There is also no complete text for the video.
Complete means:
Everything is there.
Nothing is missing.
PDF documents
A PDF document is a file on a computer.
Some PDF documents are not accessible.
Do you need a document in an accessible format?
Then you can send an email.
The email address is: service@documenta.de
An accessible format is a version that more people can use.
For example:
People with disabilities can read or use the document more easily.
Newsletter
A newsletter is a message with information.
It is sent by email.
You can also read the newsletter on the documenta 16 website.
The newsletter on the website is accessible.
But there may still be barriers in some email programs.
An email program is a program for reading and writing emails.
For example:
You can use it to open an email.
And you can use it to send an email.
Other websites and documents
documenta 16 also has links to:
other websites
and documents.
These websites and documents may not be accessible.
If you need help,
you can send an email.
The email address is: service@documenta.de
A link is something you can click on.
For example:
You can click on a link with your computer mouse.
Then you go to:
another website
or another document.