riwc_para_a132 universal design in zoological settings
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Universal Design in a Zoological Setting
Resource – Center for Universal Design
Background in Outdoor and Therapeutic Recreation
Seasonal Keeper Access Coordinator for People with Disabilities
Brookfield Zoo History
• Opened July 1, 1934• Construction started
in 1926• 216 Acres• 2 million visitors per
year• Know for its barless
cages
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.
South Gate – Additional Accessible Parking and Level Entrance
Large Print Version of Zoo Map
Electronic Convenience Vehicles – For Guest with Mobility
Limitations
Audio Programs – For Hard of Hearing Guests
Accessible Transportation System – For Guests Using Wheelchairs
Handouts – In Large Print and Braille
Entrance Access
Level Entrances Sloped Walkways
Automatic Door Openers
Restaurants Exhibits
Accessible Picnic Tables and Benches
Father/ Daughter – Unisex Toilet rooms
Toilets for Tots and Adults
Resources on Exhibit AccessibilityAmerican Alliance of
Museums National Park Service
Viewing Into Exhibits - Unobstructed
Viewing Levels – Children and Guest Using a Wheelchair
Ground Floor to Partial Underwater Viewing
Full Underwater Viewing
Exhibit – Heating and Cooling Elements
Focused Group Feedback Entrance to Tropic World - Statue
Samson the Gorilla
Seven Sea Life Sized Statue Details
Seven Sea Statue Details
Two Dimensional Life Sized Animal Cutout
Exhibits with Touchable Objects
Touchable Exhibits – Multi-Sensory
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”
Mark Trieglaff, PresidentAccessibility Consultation and Training Services, Inc.
915 Eddy Court
Wheaton, IL 60187
(630) 303-3677 (cell)
www.actservicesconsulting.com
Contact Information