Disability Programmes


For over 25 years AAM has been developing a diverse range of pioneering disability and empowerment projects that use the arts and media as a catalyst for social change, a vehicle for communication and expression, and to brake down barriers and inequality.


a Derek and others in the chapelHands & Voices
Hands & Voices is the first ever singing and signing choir and it is one of our flagship projects. The choir was set up in 1997 to enable people with learning and communication difficulties to access music through the unique combination of singing and signing.

Click here to find out more about Hands & Voices.
Richard and violinsApprentice Workshop Leader Programme
AAM is one of the first organisations in the country to train adults with learning difficulties and disabilities to assist on singing and signing, and accessible music technology workshops in various settings up and down the UK.

Click here to find out more about the Apprentice Workshop Leader Programme.
blewebyork logo. Ableweb York
Since 2008, AAM has been training local adults with disabilities to design and run an information website. www.ablewebyork.org is now up and running and better than ever! We have been inundated with positive feedback since the launch but are always in need more information to upload.

Click here to find out more about Ableweb York.
SoundWeaverssoundweavers logo.
The SoundWeavers are a small group of adults with learning difficulties and disabilities who write and record their own music using a range of mainstream and accessible/assistive music technology.

Click here to find out more about the SoundWeavers.
A workshop participant speaking on the radio.Ableweb Radio
Ableweb Radio is the community online radio station for Ableweb York. A group of adults with moderate learning difficulties have been trained tosetup and create radio shows and present them to an online audience. Expect music, interviews and news from the disabled community of York.

Click here to find out more about Ableweb Radio.
toni and lavenderSensory Programme
Februrary 2010 saw the start of a groundbreaking new Sensory Programme (one of the first of it's kind in the UK) specifically designed for people with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) who used to attend day services and have now transferred to their own individualised service.

Click here to find out more about the Sensory Sessions.


Participants with mixed abilities participating in a drawing session. Occasional Painters
We've been running weekly art sessions since 2008 for local adults with learning difficulties and disabilities, ranging from those with moderate learning difficulties to higher support needs.

Click here to find out more about these sessions.
toni and lavenderMusic Makers
Due to the popularity of the Tuesday afternoon Movers and Shakers session that AAM has been running for a number of years, we are starting a new one on a Monday afternoon starting 25th July 2010. This will be primarily aimed at young adults or young people in transition and it may make sense for some of the younger people attending Movers and Shakers to transfer to the Monday session.

Click here to find out more about the Music Makers.
Participants with mixed abilities participating in a drawing session. Movers and Shakers
Music sessions at AAM have grown from strength to strength and Movers & Shakers is no exception. The group is aimed at adults with learning disabilities and difficutlies.

Click here to find out more about these sessions.
vocalise chilren from 1st project.Outreach Disability Projects
Accessible Arts and Media is keen to assist other disabled groups, schools, resource centre's or others across the region to set up their own projects.

Click here to find out more about Outreach Disability Projects.




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A workshop leader demonstrates how to use a digital camera to a disabled student.