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May. 21st, 2021 11:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetSomething I really, really, really need to do is to update our convention's Accessibility Statement for this year. Because so much is going to be affected by Covid-related regulations.
- Are we going to have lines? How are we dealing with them?
- The Accessibility Passes we've been offering the past several years have allowed people to skip lines, and also get into panel rooms early; since between-panel times are now for making sure the room has been sanitized, can we still offer early panel room access?
- We've traditionally offered a changing space (and signs informing attendees about it) so cosplayers have an actual designated area to change costumes if they don't have a room, and won't take up the wheelchair accessible stalls. Are we offering that this year?
- While I'm at it, how are panel rooms going to be set up in general? Do I have to worry about blocking out wheelchair seating, or will the spacing between seats be wide enough on its own?
- There will be hand sanitizer everywhere, so at least I won't have to provide that, or set it up this year
- The budget doesn't allow for a Quiet Room this year, even if we did decide it would be safe to have one, so that's coming off (maybe I can arrange for a Quiet Corner in Family Programming?)
- Video rooms are... I don't even know what's going to happen there
- No food, so at least I don't have to worry about the convention providing food-related allergen warnings
- Other stuff I'm not remembering at the moment, I'm sure
On the plus side, writing all that down has helped me to stop being quite so mental-block-level anxious over it, so hopefully I can kick my own butt into gear and get started on it tomorrow. Getting this done late is better than never.
(Once again, I am subject to the irony of having ADHD and being in charge of Accessibility while it's more of a minor interest than anything like hyperfocus level.)
- Are we going to have lines? How are we dealing with them?
- The Accessibility Passes we've been offering the past several years have allowed people to skip lines, and also get into panel rooms early; since between-panel times are now for making sure the room has been sanitized, can we still offer early panel room access?
- We've traditionally offered a changing space (and signs informing attendees about it) so cosplayers have an actual designated area to change costumes if they don't have a room, and won't take up the wheelchair accessible stalls. Are we offering that this year?
- While I'm at it, how are panel rooms going to be set up in general? Do I have to worry about blocking out wheelchair seating, or will the spacing between seats be wide enough on its own?
- There will be hand sanitizer everywhere, so at least I won't have to provide that, or set it up this year
- The budget doesn't allow for a Quiet Room this year, even if we did decide it would be safe to have one, so that's coming off (maybe I can arrange for a Quiet Corner in Family Programming?)
- Video rooms are... I don't even know what's going to happen there
- No food, so at least I don't have to worry about the convention providing food-related allergen warnings
- Other stuff I'm not remembering at the moment, I'm sure
On the plus side, writing all that down has helped me to stop being quite so mental-block-level anxious over it, so hopefully I can kick my own butt into gear and get started on it tomorrow. Getting this done late is better than never.
(Once again, I am subject to the irony of having ADHD and being in charge of Accessibility while it's more of a minor interest than anything like hyperfocus level.)
