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Accessibility Unlocked 2025
Welcome to the Association for Science and Discovery Centre’s Accessibility Unlocked event!

This event is dedicated to making small changes for a big impact - everyone, no matter where they are placed within an organisation - can make a difference to accessibility. The foundational mission of all science and discovery centres and museums is to share science with everyone. As organisations built on outreach, providing accessible spaces, programmes and opportunities to engage with STEM is vital for us to achieve this mission.

We welcome ASDC members and non-members to this event, with ticket options for everyone.

To register for the event, visit: https://www.sciencecentres.org.uk/events/accessibility-unlocked/
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The Tactile Universe: Breaking down barriers between communicators and the blind and vision impaired community.
Wednesday May 7, 2025 10:25am - 11:15am BST
Workshop Room 1
The Tactile Universe is a multi-award winning public-engagement project which is creating multi-sensory resources to open up more accessible pathways to learning about astronomy for blind and vision impaired people. In this mini-training workshop we'll cover the basics of what the Tactile Universe project is all about and get you hands on with some of these resources to show you how we use them in practice. Because some people can find the idea of engaging with this particular community daunting, we’ll finish off by addressing your concerns, discussing common misconceptions and preconceived ideas that people can have about working with blind and vision impaired people.
Speakers
avatar for Dr Jen Gupta

Dr Jen Gupta

Associate Professor in Public Engagement and Outreach, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth
Dr Jen Gupta is an Associate Professor in Public Engagement and Outreach at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth. In this role, she oversees a variety of engagement programmes that are designed to make physics and astronomy open to all and ensures that... Read More →
avatar for Nic Bonne

Nic Bonne

Public Engagement and Outreach Fellow/Tactile Universe Project Lead, Tactile Universe
Dr Nic Bonne is a blind astronomer and Public Engagement and Outreach Fellow based at the University of Portsmouth's Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation. He leads the Tactile Universe public engagement project which is developing free multi-sensory resources to give blind and vision... Read More →
Wednesday May 7, 2025 10:25am - 11:15am BST
Workshop Room 1 Winchester Science Centre
  Workshop 1

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