Accessibility in Cincinnati – Tour de Cincinnati

Disability Pride Month is celebrated every July and is an opportunity to honor the history, achievements, experiences, and struggles of the disability community. July marks the anniversary of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), which is a law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination.

Accessibility helps to reduce and overcome barriers that people with disabilities might face in everyday life. Accessibility means making information, activities, and/or environments sensible, meaningful, and usable for as many people as possible.

Visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities should be taken into account when implementing accessibility measures and the following local places and organizations notably provide accessible experiences for people of all abilities:

Everybody’s Treehouse ***Currently closed for repairs***
Mt. Airy Forest, open during park hours
Year-round treehouse that was built in 2006 and was designed for people of all abilities to use. At the time it was built, it was the only wheelchair-accessible treehouse in Ohio.

Sensory Saturday
Cincinnati Art Museum
Select fourth Saturdays from 9:30–11:30a
Designed for families with children who have autism or other developmental disabilities, allowing them to explore the museum’s galleries in a less crowded environment.

Sensory Room
TQL Stadium
Located in the Guest Experience Center (Concourse Level behind Section E6/220).

West Fork Park
Green Township
12-acre park that far exceeds playground accessibility guidelines, featuring a massive play structure as well as a musical instrument area with vibrating chimes for deaf people to experience music, sensory maze that allows children with sensory disabilities to “feel” their way through the maze, metal slides designed for children with cochlear implants (not able to experience plastic slides due to static concerns), tunnels are for children who become overstimulated from the sensory experiences and need an enclosure to decompress, therapeutic swing for children with disabilities who lack core strength, and accelerator swing for people with physical disabilities.

Quiet Room
Contemporary Arts Center
In addition to art installations in the Creativity Center, there is a dedicated space for families, nursing mothers, and visitors with sensory sensitivity.

Accessible Performances
The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati
ASL interpreting at select performances as well as MainStage Sensory-Friendly performances.

The Connector
Cincinnati’s fare-free modern electric streetcar system has 100% low-floor vehicles (level with the curb), which allows quick and easy access for wheeled vehicles, including bicycles, strollers, wheelchairs, scooters, and personal shopping carts.

Reds Accessibility and Captioning
Great American Ball Park
The Reds are committed to providing an accessible facility and experience for all guests, including accessible seating, accessible parking, and accessible parking and drop-off. The Reds also provide two dedicated captioning boards to provide a readily accessible experience for patrons of GABP who are deaf.

Great Parks Accessibility
Great Parks of Hamilton County proudly maintains an accessibility policy that provides the opportunity for visitors of various abilities to enjoy their parks, facilities, and programs. Click here for more information about their universally accessible kayak/canoe launches, playgrounds, programs and events, trails, and more. All of Great Parks’ paved, asphalt or concrete shared-use trails (except Sharon Woods) are accessible and perfect for wheelchairs, scooters, strollers and anyone with mobility challenges.

CHPL
Celebrate Disability Pride Month with the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. Explore materials, resources, and events that honor the history, achievements, and experiences of the disability community at a local branch or by going to chpl.org.