Community Assessment for Accessible Rural Events Toolkit
Description: The CAARE Toolkit is to help with planning indoor and outdoor events.
The toolkit includes:
- checklists of accessibility issues to consider
- surveys about accessibility for event attendees
- additional resources where you can find more information, guidance, and resources
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URL: https://www.umt.edu/rural-institute/rtc/resources/caare-toolkit/default.php
Creation Date: 2020
Type of Product: toolkit; how-to
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: some based on local challenges
Rural Adaptations: designed for rural
Reading Time: short time
Funding: none to use tool
Staff Needed: none to use toolkit; event staff and volunteers might be needed for events and may need to coordinate with them
Supplies: checklists
Technology: need internet access for toolkit
Alone/Group: done alone (assessing access)
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: some people may take it upon themselves to assess access instead of working with partners
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 16
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Rural Disability Resource Library
Description: This online library provides resources for people with disabilities who live in rural areas.
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URL: http://resources.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/
Creation Date: 2017
Type of Product: website, library
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: need online access to use resources
Rural Adaptations: the resources are accessed online, might be difficult in rural areas
Reading Time: quick reading time for resource descriptions; selected resources will vary in time
Funding: none needed for the guide
Staff Needed: some people may need technical assistance if they are uncomfortable with technology use
Supplies: online supplies
Technology: internet access and device
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: some resources may become outdated over time
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): varies based on resource
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Disability Counts
Description: This online tool provides data about disability in rural areas.
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URL: https://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/geography/
Creation Date: 2021
Type of Product: information/database
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: needs online access
Rural Adaptations: the resources are accessed online, might be difficult in rural areas
Reading Time: short, but requires some understanding of geography/research acronyms
Funding: none needed to use tool
Staff Needed: readability
Supplies: the online tool
Technology: tool is online; data can be printed after being exported to computer file
Alone/Group: done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: none
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 14
Practical As-Is for Implementation: great
Citizen Led Economic Development
Description: Leaders with disabilities conduct an economic assessment process that leads to the identification of multiple import-substitution and value-added business opportunities.
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URL:
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralinst_employment/1/
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralinst_employment/2/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15575330.2006.10383108
Creation Date: 2003-2008
Type of Product: research project
People Required: community
Adaptation Needed: every community is different; would need to make adjustments depending on local economy and partners
Rural Adaptations: studies took place in rural areas
Reading Time: may take a long time to read studies
Funding: must be actively served by a CIL or VR program interested in sponsoring the project; requiring sponsoring disability service agency and co-sponsoring economic development agency
Staff Needed: several team members, sponsoring agencies; two individuals with disabilities as team leaders; community advisory committee of local stakeholders
Supplies: need guidebook, funding, meeting space, businesses
Technology: some materials, information, collaboration tools may need internet access
Alone/Group: group
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: long-term community development project that takes months, many stakeholders
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 18
Practical As-Is for Implementation: good potential, but requires community knowledge and connections
Rural Resource Mapping
Description: Step-by-step guide of how to put together a map of community resources using Google My Maps.
URL: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralinst_independent_living_community_participation/93/
Creation Date: 2023
Type of Product: guide, how-to, toolkit
People Required: individual
Adaptation Needed: none
Rural Adaptations: use of Internet
Reading Time: Does not take a long time to read the document
Funding: none needed for the guide
Staff Needed: to make map
Supplies: need this guide and external resources included
Technology: need this guide and other resources included; use Google My Maps
Alone/Group: Done alone
Recruitment/Attrition Risk: Internet usage
Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): 38.9
Practical As-Is for Implementation: excellent