Be Proud!: Exhibit Design Guidance from Youth with Learning Disabilities

September 28th, 2024 | RESEARCH

This session builds off the discussion that took place at ASTC 2024. In this session, presenters shared exhibit design guidelines from youth with learning disabilities (LD) who worked alongside researchers and museum professionals. This session also covers exhibit examples from the Museum of Science, Boston and Rochester Museum & Science Center and how these insights were applied at their own institutions.

Document

BeProud_ASTC-2024.pdf

Team Members

Sunewan Paneto, Contributor, Museum of Science, Boston
Rebecca (Becki) Kipling, Contributor, Museum of Science, Boston
Samantha Daley, Principal Investigator, University of Rochester Warner School of Education
Gabrielle Schlichtmann, Co-Principal Investigator, EdTogether
Calvin Uzelmeier, Author, Rochester Museum and Science Center

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Award Number: DRL-2005571

Related URLs

Intrinsic Motivation in Science Museums: Learning from and Broadening Participation of Visitors with Learning Disabilities

Tags

Access and Inclusion: People with Disabilities
Audience: Evaluators | General Public | Learning Researchers | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Presentation Slides | Research
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Informal | Formal Connections | Museum and Science Center Exhibits