Stories of Inclusion: Responding to
Visitors with Cognitive, Developmental and Emotional Disabilities
Presented in collaboration with
the Education Committee (EdCom)and Diversity Committee (DivCom), Professional
Networks of the American Alliance of Museums. Supported by the Coalition to
Advance Learning in Archives, Libraries and Museums, a project of the Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS); and the Museum Access Consortium, New
York (MAC) This project was supported in part by a grant from IMLS. Any views,
finding, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not
necessarily represent those of IMLS.
In this webcast, accessibility experts
and advocates explore the issues, challenges and successes of addressing the
needs and expectations of visitors and families of visitors with cognitive,
developmental and emotional disabilities.
Presenters
Elizabeth
Merritt,
vice president, strategic foresight and founding director, Center for the Future
of Museums, American Alliance of Museums; Cindy VandenBosch, former chair, Museum Access Consortium, New York; Barbara
Cohen-Stratyner, curator of exhibitions at
the New York Public Library for Performing Arts, New York, NY; Beth Ziebarth,
director, Smithsonian Institution Accessibility Program, Washington, DC; Barbara Johnson Stemler, manager of access programs, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space
Museum, New York, NY; Mitra Dejkameh, manager, ArtAccess and Autism
Initiatives, Queens Museum, Queens, NY;
Beth Redmond-Jones,
senior director of public programs, San Diego Natural History Museum; Francesca Rosenberg,
director of community and access, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Kat Burkhart, Executive Director &
Curator, Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County, Crawfordsville, IN;
Sheri Levinsky-Raskin,
assistant vice president, education & evaluation, Intrepid Sea, Air &
Space Museum, New York, NY