National Center on Accessiblity

To provide you with the most up-to-date resources for including people with disabilities in all facets of parks, recreation and tourism. Some of the new features to the NCA web site include:

Swimming pool accessibility from the NCA

The U.S Access Board contracted the National Center on Accessibility (contract QA95007001) to conduct a research study on access to swimming pools for people with disabilities.

National survey of recreation and the environment

The National Survey on Recreation and the Environment (NSRE) is the most recent study of outdoor recreation of the US population. The study was conducted by the US Forest Service from January 1994 through April 1995 and included 17,216 Americans over the age of 15. All respondents were asked if they had a disability and over 1,200 people answering the survey identified that they had a disability. This report presents summary information on the characteristics, outdoor activity participation, and attitudes of people with disabilities in the NSRE survey.

NCA education program

The National Center on Accessibility is committed to providing educational courses facilitating the inclusion of people with disabilities in recreation, parks, and tourism. In addition, NCA offers several training programs throughout the year for professionals in both the public and private sectors. Training courses are designed to introduce participants to the diverse characteristics and needs of people with disabilities, current trends, issues, challenges and the innovative solutions to providing program and facility access.