Playwright Discovery Award Teacher's Guide - The John F. Kennedy ...

Reading
Lewis, Victoria Ann. 1998 Summer. “The Dramaturgy of Disability.” Michigan Quarterly Review. 15(3):
525–539.
Disability Studies Quarterly. 2004. Special Issue on “Disability Culture in Children’s Literature.” Vol.
24(1). www.dsq-sds.org/issue/view/38.
American Theater magazine. 2001, April. Special Issue on “Access, Activism, and Art.”
Organizations
Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts | www.inclusioninthearts.org
The Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts is the nation’s leading advocate for full diversity as a key to the
vitality and dynamism of American theater, film, and television.
National Endowment for the Arts Office for AccessAbility | www.nea.gov
The National Endowment for the Arts’ Office for AccessAbility is the advocacy–technical assistance arm
of the Arts Endowment to make the arts accessible for people with disabilities, older adults, veterans,
and people living in institutions.
VSA, The International Organization on Arts and Disability | www.vsarts.org
VSA was founded more than 35 years ago by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to provide arts and
education opportunities for people with disabilities and increase access to the arts for all. VSA is an affiliate
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Assessment Answer Key
1. C
2. A, B, C
3. B, C, D, E, F
4. A, B, D
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. C
15. C or A
16. C
17. Possible: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, GLEE,
CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
18. Possible: RAIN MAN, AVATAR, STAR WARS
19. Possible: JOHN BELLUSO, MARLEE MATLIN, ROBERT
DAVID HALL, LYNN MANNING
20. Possible: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE ELEPHANT MAN,
THE MIRACLE WORKER
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