museums – Samanthropology

Museums & Autistic Joy/Empowerment

I’m going to share a couple bits of autistic joy/empowerment that I’ve come to celebrate from my museum career so far.

Programming for Autistic Audiences: Access in Virtual Museum Programs

About 25 pressed flowers and plants such as leaves, four leaf clovers, and flower petals on a white background.

We, the people, made museums; and we, the autistic people, are part of the “public” audiences museums aim to serve… Wherever your museum is, I assure you, part of your community is at risk.

Autism Awareness in Museums

In addition to the increasingly meaningful DEAI initiatives focused on race and gender equity, museums must learn more about physical and cognitive disability—an under-discussed aspect of DEAI, but one which is an instrumental part of the fourth pillar, “Inclusion.”

Seafood for Thought

I crouched down and a seal came right up to the glass. It floated in front of me and blew bubbles, which made me giggle uncontrollably. This went on for several minutes – the seal and me, just staring at each other and giggling. I made a friend!