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Lowering Barriers to User-Control: Considerations for Museum Visitors with Severe Mental Illnesses
dc.contributor.author | Rieger, Kayle J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-24T17:15:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-24T17:15:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-04-19 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21022 | |
dc.description | This paper was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Museum Studies. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Surveying the current state of museum accessibility to visitors with severe mental illnesses, this report aims to illuminate an almost entirely invisible issue. While many museums nationwide are creating special programs for families of children on the autism spectrum, adults with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and even adults with post-traumatic stress disorder, visitors with many more marginalized forms of severe and persistent mental health issues are largely neglected. These disorders include major depression, child and adolescent depression, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, and many others. Stigma may slowly be eroding, but that audience still remains “untouchable.” However, museums can offer great benefits to individuals living with severe mental illnesses. This study will outline ways that museums can reorient how they think about accessibility within their walls in order to offer more universally accessible, supportive, and constructive experiences to visitors living with severe mental illnesses. | en_US |
dc.title | Lowering Barriers to User-Control: Considerations for Museum Visitors with Severe Mental Illnesses | en_US |
dc.type | Project | en_US |
dc.provenance | This paper is being made available with the permission of the author and at the request of the sponsoring faculty member. The permission form has been uploaded to this record as a License bitstream. -- Marianne | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |