Museums, Inclusion and Visual Impairments : Ideas for Potential Participation

Guaranteeing all the population, including people with disabilities, The right to access museum facilities is a commitment that Italy has made by signing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) which, in terms of accessibility, mentions the need to "develop, promulgate and monitor the application of minimum standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services open or offered to the public" (art. 9). These standards must be assessed for the different needs expressed by people and the many different barriers they encounter, not only physical or sensory, but also communicative and relational. Valeria Friso is scientific co-responsible, together with colleagues from the Department of Architecture, For the Erasmus + Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education project "InVisiBle - Inclusive and Innovative Learning Tool for Visually Impaired and Blind People," which focuses on teaching strategies and the accessibility and usability of content related to art, art history and architecture for everyone, including people with visual impairments. In this paper, she brings some of his achievements useful for improving inclusion in museums.