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Visual Impairities (help visitors gain value and insight, create an…
Visual Impairities
help visitors gain value and insight
create an awareness and empathy
Things to answer for Friday AM
What do we need to know?
What have other Visual Impairment Exhibits presented?
London Natural History Museum: Colour and Vision
The Museum
Space available
Overall Structure
AV and Power Support
Natural Light Source
Lighting source
Accessibility and floor plan / layout
Schedule
When Space is Available?
Competing events
Demographics
How can we cater to our audience?
Potential Partnerships / Funding
Further Research
Specific timeline of eye evolution
specific examples of animals with notable visual capabilities/adaptations
Accommodations for Visual Impaired
What unexpected connections / conclusions have you made from your research?
How the eye registers light, movement, and color
Not all conditions (colorblind, for example) are considered disabilities / impairments
Complexity of Color and our choice to omit from exhibit
Strays too far away from Disabilities
Where do you see the most potential for design opportunities?
Incorporating the eye structure within the exhibit as a physical space
Sensory Deprivation Area
how it feels to be visually impaired
Limited Time Events
Easter Eggs
Soundscapes
Computer Interaction
Incorporating the Snellin Chart
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What Do We Know:
Visual Impairment Topics
How Those with Visual Impairments Cope
How the environment is helping them
How they are helping themselves
Visual Impairments
Legal Definitions
PARTIALLY SIGHTED
LOW VISION
Hyperopic (Far-Sighted)
Myopic (Near-Sighted)
LEGALLY BLIND
TOTALLY BLIND
color blindness
photophobia
cross-eyed
Science Behind the Eye and Its Evolution
Timeline/Stages of Eye Evolution
Eyespot: sight began in light-sensitive cells in primitive organisms. They could only tell whether or not ambient light was present. 700 Million years ago.
Pit Eyepatch: Some organisms developed membranes with pits covered in photoreceptors. This allowed them to sense direction of light and shadow
Pinhole Camera Eyecup: Organisms developed deeper cup shaped eye which allowed them to begin to see shapes, but only in a 2-d plane.
Primitive Eye Lens: Eventually, two layers filled with fluid came to cover the pinhole eye aperture, allowing organisms to focus on objects, as well as greater visual acuity and viewing angles.
Complex Lens Camera Eye: The type of eye humans have. This eye type is characterized by a hard lens that focuses light, more clearly interpret depth, and have a greater overall visual clarity.
Variation of sight based on location / species
How the Eye Works
light hits cornea, lens refracts through pupil to hit retina which activates rods and cones
Causes
Age Related Macular Degeneration
Refractive Errors
Cataract
Corneal Clouding
Diabetic Retinopathy
Glaucoma
Infection
Trauma
First Person Perspectives
How to approach
Ask if a person needs help
Introduce yourself
Don’t assume
Treat a blind or visually impaired person like you would anyone else
Don’t change your vocabulary when talking to a person with a visual impairment
Just ask, don’t grab!
Give detailed descriptions
Add image descriptions
Don’t be offended if a blind or visually impaired person doesn’t accept your help
Sensitivity
Sight
Light
Hearing
Sound
Do not like intense noise
Smell
What unexpected connections / conclusions have you made from your research?
Biological
Environmental
Trigger
Tolerance
