Saturday, February 9, 2019

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PHILLY

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

For an old eastern seaboard city, Philadelphia has made great strides toward being more accessible to people with disabilities.

This 21st century exhibit proves that Philly is getting it, in terms of infrastructure and mindset:

Please Touch Museum launched a new exhibition called access/ABILITY. This traveling, interactive exhibit will be in Philadelphia through April 24, 2011.

It was developed by the Boston Children’s Museum and was designed to show the similarities and differences in how each of us, with or without disabilities, goes places, communicates, has fun, and learns.

Visitors will have a chance to learn a few phrases in American Sign Language, type their name in Braille and try out a hand-pedaled bike.

There’s also an opportunity for kids to interact with a puppet with cerebral palsy and try to navigate up a ramp and through a door in a wheelchair.

--visitphilly.com

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