Hi All,We are currently examining our admissions policies for visitors with disabilities. Presently, we do not offer any special discounts to a visitor with a disability or their assistant, but would like to know if other museums are addressing this any differently. (We offer free admission hours for all visitors every Saturday from 10:00-noon.)
- Do you offer free or or reduced admission if someone with a disability brings a personal assistant (someone acting as a sighted guide; someone to assist with a wheelchair)?
- How do you address the fine line between a personal assistant and a friend/family who is joining them to enjoy the visit but also helping? (We have had several occassions where the person accompanying has identified themselves as an assistant asking for free admission. We told them our current policy and they were fine with it. While we understand that there are many hidden disabilities, we questioned to ourselves the visitor's intentions -- it was the second person self-identifying as an assistant, not the person with the disability saying "I'm here with my assistant.") Overall, we try to use our best judgement with this.
Thanks,LeahLeah Fox, Director of Public ProgramsCurrier Museum of Art150 Ash StreetManchester, NH 03104603.669.6144 x119Visit our Online Curriculum for Educators at http://curriculum.currier.org.
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