# @americancomposersforum on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CaVIUmfBXKx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3905350-americancomposersforum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-02-23T18:38:29.000+00:00

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“Accessibility is not a set of limitations, but a series of open doors. Accessibility benefits everyone! As we’ve seen with the mass-disabling event known as the COVID-19 pandemic, anyone, at any point, could become disabled. And making artistic spaces inaccessible — spaces where we experience essential parts of being human and connecting to our universal culture — dehumanizes the disabled community. So why wouldn’t we want to make music accessible to everyone? Why are we settling for being just barely ADA-compliant when we could be ADA-excited?”

In the final essay for ACF and I CARE IF YOU LISTEN’s “Casting Light” series, Socks Whitmore writes about how viewing accessible practices as a default builds a healthier, more sustainable community. Read now at the link in our bio!

#NewMusic #CastingLight #Equity #Artists4Equity #ADA #Accessibility

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newmusic, castinglight, ada, artists4equity, accessibility, equity

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