In December 2020, as I reflect on the year, I am struck by how completely the closure of physical spaces pushed activity online. My work was no exception. Meetings became conference calls, physical exhibits moved to websites, and in-person conferences were transformed into online presentations.
collaboration was another theme for this year. I am thankful for the contributions of my smart and talented colleagues who contributed to the work that I produced in 2020.
The Unintended Consequences of Current Events
I found myself reflecting on how responses to the coronavirus pandemic affected people with disabilities. Here are essays that I wrote with colleagues for an online exhibit called
Redefine/ABLE: Challenging Inaccessibility
The Interconnectedness of Covid-19 to Discrimination Against The Disabled
Bearing Witness to The Ableism Embedded Within The Pandemic
Covid-19 and Museums
A major theme of 2020 as finding ways to safeguard access to touch objects.
In this post written for the American Alliance of Museums, colleagues and I strongly recommend that museums produce re-usable tactile handouts so that individuals can borrow their own touch objects.
Staying In Touch Addressing Concerns to Allow Tactile Exploration at Museums
This post summarizes a presentation about accessible touch objects.
MCN-2020 Presentation Accessible Touch Objects
Here is another essay that I wrote for the Redefine/ABLE exhibit about tactile art before and during a pandemic.
Documenting the Museum Experiences of people who are blind
Early in 2020, I presented work about museum exhibits before the pandemic. As far off as that seems now, there are still valuable data for making improvements when physical museums re-open.
Assessing Attitudes of Blind Adults About Museums
Here is an article that Jo Morrison wrote summarizing the papers included in our MuseWeb 2020 conference panel.
Voice User Interfaces And Multi-modal Accessibility
Finally, 2020 saw the release of one of our papers that was delayed in the publication process.
Skip to content