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Strategies to engage people with disabilities

In 2017 RedPOP, Ecsite's sister organisation in Latin America, undertook a survey among the region’s science centres to understand how they tackle accessibility in respect to different kinds of disabilities. Studied factors spanned communicative and cognitive access, architecture and exhibit/exhibitions design, team attitude, educational projects and financial sources. The results show an increasing concern among science centres to engage people with disabilities. However they also reveal a significant gap between good intentions and existing policies on the one hand and the scarcity of effective and systematic practices for promoting full and equal enjoyment of science centre activities on the other hand.

Taking the challenges raised by the Latin America survey as a starting point, this session will allow to discuss strategies and lessons learnt in science centres located both in Latin America and Europe.

Facilitator

Resarcher and science communicator
National Institute of Public Communication of Science and Technology
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

Session speakers

Science communicator
Fundação CECIERJ
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Jessica Norberto will bring to the discussion the results of the Latin American survey on accessibility in science centres.
Exhibit developer and Curator
Paris
France
Christelle Guiraud will bring to the discussion the experience at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (France) of engaging people with disabilities.
Andres Roldan
Executive Director
Parque Explora
Medellín
Colombia
Andres Roldan will bring to the discussion the experience at the Parque Explora (Colombia) of engaging people with disabilities.
Anna Riethus
Research Manager
Mettmann
Germany
Anna Riethus will bring to the discussion the experience at the Neanderthal Museum (Germany), with focus on blind people.