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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