Resources for Module 5
Further Reading
Borun, Minda and Jennifer Dritsas. “Developing Family-Friendly Exhibits.” Curator: The Museum Journal 40, no. 3 (September 1997): 178-196.
Borun, Minda, Margaret Chambers, and Ann Cleghorn. “Families Are Learning in Science Museums.” Curator: The Museum Journal 39, no. 2 (June 1996): 123-138.
Borun, Minda, Margaret B. Chambers, Jennifer Dritsas, and Julie I. Johnson. “Enhancing Family Learning Through Exhibits.” Curator: The Museum Journal 40, no. 4 (December 1997): 279-295.
“Museum Experience and Blindness,” double issue, Disability Studies Quarterly, Vol 33, No 3 (2013)
Egan, Kieran. Educated Mind: How cognitive tools shape our understanding. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Teaching and Learning Outside the Box: Inspiring Imagination Across the Curriculum, co-edited with Maureen Stout and Keiichi Takaya (Teachers College Press, 2007).
Levent, Nina and Alvaro PAscual-Leone, in The Multisensory Museum: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Touch, Sound, Smell, Memory, and Space (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
McRainey, D. Lynn and John Russick, co-editors, Connecting Kids to History with Museum Exhibitions, co-editor with John Russick (Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2010).
Christine Reich, Anna Lindgren-Streicher, Marta Beyer, Nina Levent, Joan Pursley, and Leigh Ann Mesiti, “Speaking Out on Art and Museums: A Study on the Needs and Preferences of Adults who Are Blind or Have Low Vision,” April 2011 Report #2011-3 By Museum of Science, Boston and Art Beyond Sight.
ADA and the International Spy Museum Settlement. Department of Justice press release re settlement with the museum
ADA and Museums: Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens Settlement. Department of Justice Press release re accommodations museum made.
Hearing Architecture: A Review of Bill Fontana’s “Sonic Shadows” by Chris Downey
White Papers
Web Sites
“Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI),” World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Designing an Accessible Website, Introduction to Web Accessibility by Paul Bohman. October 2003, WebAIM Web site.
Art Beyond Sight
Verbal Description Training (PPT)
Writing Verbal Descriptions for Audio Guides
On-Line Accessibility Training: Learning Tools: Tactile Diagrams
Imaginative Education Research Group (ierg): www.ierg.net. Useful sources found on this site include:
Egan, Kieran, “The Cognitive Tools of Children’s Imagination,” http://ierg.net/about/storytell.html
Ruitenber, Claudia and ed. by Mark Fettes, “What is Imaginative Education?” (last modified November 5, 2006)
Center for Universal Design
“The Principles of Universal Design,” North Carolina State University, 1997.
Insights from an Architect Who is Blind (Video)
Chris Downey is an architect, planner , and consultant. Working with design teams and clients, he draws on his unique perspective as a seasoned architect without sight, helping to realize environments that offer not only greater physical accessibility, but also a dimension of delight in architecture experienced through other senses.
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