Maria Chiara Ciaccheri is a museum consultant, researcher and docent. With a background in Museum Studies and Management and an MA in Learning and Visitor Studies in Museums, over the last fifteen years she has worked and researched extensively in the field of museum accessibility, with focus on cognitive issues, disability representation and participatory approaches in adult education.As a recipient of private and public grants since 2014, she has travelled and researched extensively all over the U.S., mapping more than a hundred accessible best practices throughout the country. Her field research has continued over the following years, visiting and investigating as many museums and best practices in accessibility both in Italy and Europe. As a lecturer in museum accessibility for a number of post-graduate university programs in Italy and author of different articles and publications, she often speaks at national and international conferences. She is author of the Museums for People project (museumsforpeople.com) to support museum studies and accessibility dissemination through illustrations

• ContentsForeword AcknowledgmentsPrefacePART I: Museum Accessibility as a Systemic Discipline1. Museum Accessibility: A Historical and Social Achievement2. Accessibility as a Visitor-Oriented Process3. All Visitors Need Access4. Current Challenges: Online Accessibility and the Pandemic5. Obstacled by Design: Limits for Accessibility Development6. Accessibility as a Strategic and Systemic ProcessPART II: Cultivating Organizational Change7. Establishing Your Process8. Mapping Barriers and Self-Assessing Accessibility9. Co-design. Finding Your Allies10. Finding Solutions: from Prototyping to Organizational Change11. From Evaluation to Strategic Planning12. What's next?About the AuthorBibliography

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Maria Chiara Ciaccheri is a museum consultant, researcher and docent. With a background in Museum Studies and Management and an MA in Learning and Visitor Studies in Museums, over the last fifteen years she has worked and researched extensively in the field of museum accessibility, with focus on cognitive issues, disability representation and participatory approaches in adult education.As a recipient of private and public grants since 2014, she has travelled and researched extensively all over the U.S., mapping more than a hundred accessible best practices throughout the country. Her field research has continued over the following years, visiting and investigating as many museums and best practices in accessibility both in Italy and Europe. As a lecturer in museum accessibility for a number of post-graduate university programs in Italy and author of different articles and publications, she often speaks at national and international conferences. She is author of the Museums for People project (museumsforpeople.com) to support museum studies and accessibility dissemination through illustrations

• ContentsForeword AcknowledgmentsPrefacePART I: Museum Accessibility as a Systemic Discipline1. Museum Accessibility: A Historical and Social Achievement2. Accessibility as a Visitor-Oriented Process3. All Visitors Need Access4. Current Challenges: Online Accessibility and the Pandemic5. Obstacled by Design: Limits for Accessibility Development6. Accessibility as a Strategic and Systemic ProcessPART II: Cultivating Organizational Change7. Establishing Your Process8. Mapping Barriers and Self-Assessing Accessibility9. Co-design. Finding Your Allies10. Finding Solutions: from Prototyping to Organizational Change11. From Evaluation to Strategic Planning12. What's next?About the AuthorBibliography

Highly recommended for everyone working in the field

Maria Chiara Ciaccheri is a museum consultant, researcher and docent. With a background in Museum Studies and Management and an MA in Learning and Visitor Studies in Museums, over the last fifteen years she has worked and researched extensively in the field of museum accessibility, with focus on cognitive issues, disability representation and participatory approaches in adult education.As a recipient of private and public grants since 2014, she has travelled and researched extensively all over the U.S., mapping more than a hundred accessible best practices throughout the country. Her field research has continued over the following years, visiting and investigating as many museums and best practices in accessibility both in Italy and Europe. As a lecturer in museum accessibility for a number of post-graduate university programs in Italy and author of different articles and publications, she often speaks at national and international conferences. She is author of the Museums for People project (museumsforpeople.com) to support museum studies and accessibility dissemination through illustrations

• ContentsForeword AcknowledgmentsPrefacePART I: Museum Accessibility as a Systemic Discipline1. Museum Accessibility: A Historical and Social Achievement2. Accessibility as a Visitor-Oriented Process3. All Visitors Need Access4. Current Challenges: Online Accessibility and the Pandemic5. Obstacled by Design: Limits for Accessibility Development6. Accessibility as a Strategic and Systemic ProcessPART II: Cultivating Organizational Change7. Establishing Your Process8. Mapping Barriers and Self-Assessing Accessibility9. Co-design. Finding Your Allies10. Finding Solutions: from Prototyping to Organizational Change11. From Evaluation to Strategic Planning12. What's next?About the AuthorBibliography

Highly recommended for everyone working in the field