A.A.C.cessible Culture
What is it?
The project ”A.A.C.cessible Culture” has been designed to enhance the existing AAC strategies with a set of tools and skills for the involved staff so that the target groups consisting of children and young people with communication deficits can enjoy and participate in the communication of cultural and artistic heritage.
Why is it important? / How can it help the professionals of the cultural sector?
The project included 5 training courses of three days each (two in Genoa, Italy, one in Katerini, Greece, one in Madeira, Portugal, one in Iași, Romania) focusing on the training needs of cultural and educational professionals in order to provide improved experiences to the persons suffering from various communication disorders, mainly from the autism spectrum, but also Down syndrome etc..
Taking part in the project, ”Moldova” National Museum Complex of Iași, Romania, has become the first museum in Romania to design special visits for the children and young people with communication disorders, thus considerably contributing to increasing the qualitative level of the museum experience.
The result is that the pictograms chosen in order to communicate with persons who cannot use verbal communication due to neurocognitive maladies can also be used to communicate with people such as refugees (e.g. from Ukraine) who speak only their language and have not been in the host country long enough so to be able to reasonably use it, therefore pictograms being universally recogniszable can be a very useful tool.
Project /organisation name
Where (country / region)
Type of institution
Permanent or temporary exhibition / project
Date
Physical / digital
Public targeted
Students with special education needs and their teachers and families
Device/ inclusive features
- Sensory map
- sensory bag
- AACC box and tools
Collaborations / partners
Project leader
Solidarietà e Lavoro Società Cooperativa Sociale O.N.L.U.S. (SeL) (Italy)
Partners
- Complexul Muzeal Național „Moldova”(Romania)
- Uovonero (Italy)
- Platon schools (Greece)
- DomSpain (DS Formacio) (Spain)
- Collegium Balticum – Akademia Nauk Stosowanych Z Siedzibą W Szczecinie (Poland)
Funding
Financed through the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
Replicability/adaptability
The project can be adapted to all interested museums, provided the adequate training to professionals is provided and the due kits are created for the target groups.
Websites
Photos / videos to illustrate the good practice
Results / impact
- AAC model for communicating/ teaching cultural heritage;
- Handbook for teachers
- Guidelines for cultural sector