Hi Terri:

> Since I'm a firm believer that there are no learning
> disabilities, just teaching (or presentation) disabilities,
> the more we learn about what triggers a visitor's
> involvment, the more effective and diverse our
> supplemental audio guides can be.

        I assume you'd consider useless the Learning Disabilities Association
of America <http://www.ldanatl.org/>, the National Center for Learning
Disabilities <http://209.190.217.242/index.html>, the National Adult
Literacy and Learning Disabilities  Center
<http://www.nifl.gov/nalldtop.htm>, and other organizations devoted to
helping people overcome learning disabilities?
        Don't you recognize that people learn better in one way than another?
Some people process visual information better . . . others are better
with audio, olfactory, tactile modes of presentation.
        I have been to many a museum where I choose to avoid audio tours as I
find they distract me from actually LOOKING at the objects -- be they
artistic, anthropological, scientific, technical, etc.  I am a visual
person . . . enjoy looking at things, finding detail and nuance.  I'd
rather read a text than listen to some disembodied voice on an audio
guide read to me.  Sure, there are people who run straight for the audio
guides . . . it's just a preference.
        And, let's face it: Some people don't ever learn some things because of
a lack of interest (or ability).  For example: Practical aspects of
science and math have always stumped me, but the theoretical aspects are
easily within my grasp.  Is that a learning disability or a lack of
personal interest/ability?

Sincerely, Jay Heuman

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