riwc_para_a132 universal design in zoological settings
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Universal Design in a Zoological Setting
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Resource – Center for Universal Design
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Background in Outdoor and Therapeutic Recreation
Seasonal Keeper Access Coordinator for People with Disabilities
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Brookfield Zoo History
• Opened July 1, 1934• Construction started
in 1926• 216 Acres• 2 million visitors per
year• Know for its barless
cages
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Feedback on AccessibilityAdvisory Group
Progress Center for Independent Living – People with mobility and physical disabilities
Chicago Hearing Society – People with hearing loss or who are deaf
Lighthouse for the Blind and Horizons for the Blind – People with low vision or total sight loss.
Special Education Classes and Disabilities Groups
Evaluations from tours and education programs
Focus Groups
Adults and Children with low or no vision for enhancements of exhibits.
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South Gate – Additional Accessible Parking and Level Entrance
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Large Print Version of Zoo Map
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Electronic Convenience Vehicles – For Guest with Mobility
Limitations
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Audio Programs – For Hard of Hearing Guests
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Accessible Transportation System – For Guests Using Wheelchairs
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Handouts – In Large Print and Braille
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Entrance Access
Level Entrances Sloped Walkways
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Automatic Door Openers
Restaurants Exhibits
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Accessible Picnic Tables and Benches
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Father/ Daughter – Unisex Toilet rooms
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Toilets for Tots and Adults
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Resources on Exhibit AccessibilityAmerican Alliance of
Museums National Park Service
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Viewing Into Exhibits - Unobstructed
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Viewing Levels – Children and Guest Using a Wheelchair
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Ground Floor to Partial Underwater Viewing
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Full Underwater Viewing
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Exhibit – Heating and Cooling Elements
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Focused Group Feedback Entrance to Tropic World - Statue
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Samson the Gorilla
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Seven Sea Life Sized Statue Details
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Seven Sea Statue Details
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Two Dimensional Life Sized Animal Cutout
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Exhibits with Touchable Objects
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Touchable Exhibits – Multi-Sensory
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Exhibit Accessibility Contact Information
American Alliance of Museums
1575 Eye StreetNW Suite 400
Washington, DC 2005(202) 289-1818
“Everyone’s Welcome”
Harpers Ferry CenterCenter for Media Services
National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior
67 Mather PlaceHarpers Ferry, West Virginia
25425(304) 535-5050
“Programmatic Accessibility Guidelines for National Park Service Interpretive Media”
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Mark Trieglaff, PresidentAccessibility Consultation and Training Services, Inc.
915 Eddy Court
Wheaton, IL 60187
(630) 303-3677 (cell)
www.actservicesconsulting.com
Contact Information