How We Are Serving People with Disabilities
Be Our Guest: Our Goal to Provide Accommodations for All
The Disability Community is a multi-cultural, multi-faceted community. Making up 1 billion people worldwide, and over 56 million domestically, the Disability Community includes members of every marginalized group – every gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, and nation. Anyone can become disabled at any point in their lives. In fact, the longer you live, the greater chance you have of becoming disabled. On this web page, the word disability is being used as an umbrella term to mean anyone that has a physical, sensory, psychological, chronic health, neurological, cognitive, or social disability. These examples show that disabilities can be both visible and invisible. Ultimately, it is important to understand that there are many different people that have a multitude of different experiences with disabilities. If you have any questions, please email info@heritagesociety.org or call 713-655-1912.
Improvements to accommodate everyone’s needs are always a work in progress. If you would like to sponsor or champion improvements for accessibility, please contact Abell@heritagesociety.org.
Parking
Accessible spaces are available at 1100 Bagby Street and 212 Dallas Street (located on Allen Parkway inbound).
Golf Cart
Golf cart services are available upon request thanks to the Faith and Charles Bybee Foundation. This is a free service.
Service Animals
We welcome service animals in our museum gallery.
Historic Houses
All of our houses offer wheelchair access with the exception of Old Place and the Fourth Ward Cottage.
We also provide private, docent-led tours upon request to make accommodations for those with autism.
Assisted Listening Devices
All of our houses have cell phone tour services which may be helpful to those who have vision challenges. This is a free service for all park visitors whether or not they partake in a docent-led tour.
The Fourth Ward Cottage has an audio feature of voices with stories about Freedmen’s Town for those who partake in a docent-led tour.
Some of our programs are offered online through Zoom, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. These social media channels offer technical features and solutions for the hearing and visually impaired.
Restrooms
Our public restrooms have wheelchair-accessible stalls. Signage is ADA compliant with braille.
Tea Room
Our Tea Room has wheel chair access.
Museum Gallery
Our remodeled museum gallery is ADA compliant.
Sam Houston Park
Our City-owned park at 1000 Bagby Street is complaint with the Amercian with Disabilities Act (ADA) for city parks. We also have benches throughout the park.
