Accessible Vacations - Hayhoe, Simon J.

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Résumé :
This book helps readers with access needs visit national parks and visitor centers. It describes a range of techniques and technologies to make visiting easier and shows you what is available for learning through driving, riding, walking, wheeling, or feeling around ten selected national parks....

Biographie:
Simon Hayhoeis the author of eight books on art education and museum access for people with disabilities and is also an educational advisor for the World Health Organization. His current work focuses on inclusive mobile technologies, and he has just completed a European project investigating the use of mobile technologies by disabled people in museums and monuments. Hayhoe has also won numerous awards in his field, including a Fulbright Award and a Fellowship of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and he has presented his work at major museums and colleges in the US, Russia, UK, Singapore, Belgium and Italy. Beyond work and writing, Hayhoe lives with his wife and two children, close to where he was born and raised....

Sommaire:

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Section 1: The National Parks Service and Access Needs
Chapter 1: Accessibility in the National Parks Service
Chapter 2: Accessible Technologies for Visitors with Access Needs
Section 2: Ten National Parks
Chapter 3: Acadia, Maine
Chapter 4: Denali, Alaska
Chapter 5: Everglades, Florida
Chapter 6: Grand Canyon, Arizona
Chapter 7: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Chapter 8: Olympic, Washington
Chapter 9: Rocky Mountain, Colorado
Chapter 10: Yellowstone, (mostly) Wyoming
Chapter 11: Yosemite, California
Chapter 12: Zion, Utah
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author