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Accessibility
Congratulations to Catharine!
Oct 28th, 2008
Keen Guides is very proud to congratulate our own Catharine McNally on her new appointment to the Board of Directors of the National Cued Speech Association. Recognizing her outstanding work in developing adaptive technology to help museums and cultural institutions be more accommodating to visitors and accomplish greater compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the National Cued Speech Association has named Catharine the Government Liaison for the board. We are proud to see Catharine on the board of this organization, which she and her family have been active in for more than twenty years. To learn more about the More >
The Spy Museum & the ADA
Oct 7th, 2008
In June 2008, the United States and the International Spy Museum settled a lawsuit that stemmed from an ADA complaint by a blind individual who felt that he and a group of individuals were denied full and equal enjoyment of the Museum’s goods, services and facilities.This resulted in an ADA investigation and an estimated $250,000 to bring everything up to ADA standards.
I’ve copied and pasted several key points of the Spy Museum settlement:
“As more and more museums and other popular tourist destinations…use interactive and multimedia exhibits, the need to provide effective communication for people with vision and hearing disabilities can be More >