Hi *|FNAME|*,
Let’s start with the big announcement:
I’ve been working on creating miniature 3d buildings, and the first 9 buildings are now available. The idea is to help blind people to understand what famous buildings look like, but the buildings are also visually appealing.
I wrote about this project in detail, and the buildings can be purchased in my Etsy store, at a 20 percent discount until February 15th.
If you like the project, please like and share it on my LinkedIn page.
Though this project is somewhat related to inclusive travel, I understand that you didn’t sign up for this mailing list to hear my building advertisement. Therefore, I will only make announcements related to it which truly impact inclusive travel for blind people, and I started a new newsletter where you can read building announcements. In the post, you will find all information about how you can follow this project.
Continuing the museum accessibility topic from last month, I created a couple of posts, one is to get you started on determining if your museum is accessible, and a few ideas to think about if your museum is not yet accessible. I will continue writing about this topic in the next few months, and of course, there are some more museum tour descriptions coming. I just visited an amazing museum in Cleveland.
And speaking of museums, here is another announcement. Over the last half year or so, I was working with the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin. The curator, Ellis Lane created 3d replicas of some artifacts. The exhibit opened this week. The next Cleveland Accessibility Meetup will visit Oberlin on February 10th to learn about Ellis’s work.
This month I tried something different on the blog, I wrote a book review. It is by Andrew Leland, and the title is The country of the Blind. Andrew Leland practically lost his vision due to Retinitis Pigmentosa. But this is much more than just his story, he reviews literature, legislation and inventions related to blindness and vision loss. I would recommend this book to anybody who want to learn about visually impaired people, to those who are in the process of losing their vision, or to those who know all the facts about blindness, and now want to learn the stories behind it. You can read my review here.
I’m already working on the content for you for the next month, just to give you one thing to look forward to, I will take you to the Italian American Museum of Cleveland.
Until March:
Tom