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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Accessible Museums
Dear Harry,
Our auditors followed the criteria in the Museums and Galleries
Commission _Disability
Resource Directory for Museums_ (1993) - was this what you were
thinking of?
It isn't just for Local Authority Museums. Not just for museums is
the Association of
District Councils policty document _District Councils and Disabled
People (I'm copying
this to Guy Purdey at SEMS, as he knows far more than I do on this.
One of the MGC guidelines is to employ an auditor who has personal
experience
of disability, or a partnership where one auditor has personal
experience.
My predecessor met this by appointing the Joint Mobility Unit of the
RNIB - which only got us one disability. We did, however, audit
across the
full spectrum, including learning disabilities/intellectual access.
Sorry about the line lengths. I have to put the returns in by hand,
and
this stupid programme won't automatically mark quoted material.
Best wishes,
Pat
* * * * * * * * *
Pat;
I would very very much interested in the criteria and standards used
in your audit. Are these additional to those contained in the Audit
Guide for Local Authority Museums published in the UK in (as I
recall) 1991?
As someone who is legally blind and hearing impaired myself, I have
considerable interest in the matter. I used to be an auditor; there
was great competition among clients to have an auditor who was deaf
and blind!
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Pat Reynolds - Museums Development Officer - Surrey Museums
Consultative Committee
- a service jointly funded by the county, district and borough
councils
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