The National Endowment for the Arts has released a report about arts participation among people with disabilities, entitled “A Matter of Choice? Arts Participation Patterns of Disabled Americans.” Among the findings: in 2012, 23.3 percent of U.S. adults with disabilities attended a live performing arts event, compared with 37.3 percent of all U.S. adults who attended live concerts, plays, and dance performances in the same year; adults with disabilities comprise nearly 12 percent of the U.S. adult population, but make up just under 7 percent of all adults attending performing arts events or visiting art museums or galleries; and although 45 percent of people with disabilities are more than 65 years old, age appears to be less of a factor in arts participation than educational level and childhood arts experiences. The report’s findings come from the NEA’s 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. For more details about the report, click here.
Posted July 15, 2015
