Content Disclaimer
Please note, some items contain out of date language. The phrase “special needs” is no longer in current use within the BIAAE. We know that language is no substitute for action, but we hope this change will reflect our commitment to creating an inclusive environment for the communities we serve.
Articles
Children with Disabilities Playing Musical Instruments: With the Right Adaptations and Help from Their Teachers and Parents, Students with Disabilities Can Play Musical Instruments, Kimberly McCord and Margaret Fitzgerald
Mainstreaming in Art Education: A Case of the Blind Leading the Blind, Jennifer Pazienza
Books
Music in Special Education, Third Edition, Mary Adamek and Alice Ann Darrow
Music in Special Education, Mary S. Adamek and Alice-Anne Darrow
100 Learning Games for Special Needs with Music, Movement, Sounds And...Silence, Johanne Hanko
Spotlight on Making Music with Special Learners: Selected Articles from State MEA Journals, MENC The National Association for Music Education
Website Links
American Foundation for the Blind, The, American Foundation for the Blind
Dancing Dots, Dancing Dots
National Federation of the Blind, The, National Federation of the Blind
Optometrist Network - Attention Deficit Disorder, Optometrists Network
Arts for All Abilities Consortium: Resources, Stephen Yaffe
ABLE Assembly Conference Session Materials
Stretching Aesthetics, Shifting Pedagogies: Practical Strategies for Engaging Music Learners with Profound Disabilities, Ryan Michael Evans
Teaching Music Literacy Through the Guitar Elective: A Differentiated Approach, Sarah Fard
Blind Music Students in Hungarian Higher Education — Interview with Maria Flamich, Maria Flamich
CSI Drumming: Drumset Fundamentals, Gretchen Hary
Harmony of Diverse Voices: A Personal Narrative from Inside a Mixed-ability Choir, Rita Hoffman
Importance of Disabled Representation in Disabled Work & Education, Ellice Patterson
Technology and Music Education What Does Literature Say?, Lisa Pierce-Goldstein
Making Arts Programming Accessible, Kaileigh Anne Tayek