Our Services
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Accessibility Consulting
We offer tailored accessibility assessments and strategic planning to help theatres and arts institutions identify barriers — physical, cultural, and procedural — and chart clear, achievable pathways forward.
Through virtual or in-person consultations, we listen deeply, assess your spaces and systems, and provide practical recommendations designed specifically for your team. Our goal is to help partners move beyond compliance checklists and embrace accessibility as a core value of their organization.
Consulting work includes:
- Virtual and in-person accessibility assessments
- Space and audience service audits
- Findings reports and prioritized action plans
- Strategic recommendations for both short-term and long-term improvement
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Education & Training
Our education and training programs guide teams in addressing internalized and systemic ableism, rethinking outdated practices, and building a proactive mindset around accessibility.
From one-time workshops to ongoing learning series, we teach organizations how to budget for access, plan for inclusion, and make accessibility a natural part of everyday operations.
Sample training topics include:
- Workshops and facilitated discussions on ableism and access culture
- Front-of-house and audience service training
- Sensory-friendly and inclusive production practices
- Budgeting for accessibility and long-term planning
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Implementation Support
And it’s not just planning! We provide hands-on support to help organizations bring their access goals to life. Whether through a project-based partnership or an ongoing retainer, we work alongside your team to ensure that accessibility plans are implemented with care and integrity.
Our role can include coordinating with vendors, connecting organizations to disability networks, or serving as access coordinators for specific productions or events. We help turn good intentions into tangible, measurable results.
Implementation & partnership can look like this:
- On-site or virtual support during plan execution
- Coordination with accessibility vendors and specialists
- Serving as access coordinators or consultants for productions and events
- Ongoing accountability and progress check-ins
What it looks like in action
Training and Workshops:
Inclusion can be taught. We will work with your team to address internalized, systemic ableism and how it affects disabled theatre practitioners today. Often times accessibility is a mindset, we hope to teach your team why accessibility is a necessity that benefits everyone, not just another checkmark for code requirements.
A thorough assessment of theater spaces
We will come to your theatre and address where physical access is a barrier to inclusive practices in all of your theatre spaces, including where performers, designers, technicians, staff, and patrons may be present. We will then give you a plan on how you can make your space accessible in the short term with small adjustments, and long term through full renovations.
A full breakdown of audience services
Ensuring that patrons have a fully accessible theater experience is important. We will give you a full accommodation guide and train you on best practices for front of house accessibility.
ConsultAbility’s programs are designed to help arts organizations see, plan, act, and connect for access and inclusion.
By blending professional expertise with lived experience, we guide the arts community toward a future where accessibility isn’t an afterthought — it’s an instinct. Together, we’re shaping a cultural landscape where barriers are removed before they’re named, and inclusion becomes the standard for how the arts are created, shared, and experienced.
All plans will be developed specifically for each individual company and its needs.
A free quote will be provided after initial discussions of the scope of the work.