What should designers be doing about access? Ellan Parry, 27 January 2013 Attending: Sarah Grange, David Bellwood, Jennifer Bates Practical suggestions included: Don't block captions with your set ask about casting at the very beginning of design process, are there any performers with specific access needs? maybe the question might even prompt directors to cast some… is there a more interesting way to use / integrate captions? is there a more interesting way to integrate signers? could we sacrifice a bit of clarity for the sake of making them a more integral part of the show, or is it better to keep them separate and clear? - depends on the production do your homework on existing technologies and access issues when devising or developing work for deaf / disabled companies or audiences, involve designers from the very beginning - we now have a huge vocabulary of visual, multimedia, physical and dance theatre techniques to draw on, so there's no reason why an ‘accessible’ show shouldn't be rich and accessible to all audiences if we think about it more cleverly Tags: disabled, Collaboration, Access, Disabled, design, access, BSL, designers, sign-interpreted, collaboration, deaf, captioning