Sensory access
Are people's different ways of using their senses taken into account?
Everyone benefits from information that can be accessed through multiple senses. It is fascinating to touch an object in a museum or examine the set of a theatre performance with the different senses before the performance. Information is transmitted more confidently if it is available both as an auditory and a visual experience. Clear signposting and large texts that stand out from their background help everyone. Technical aids are useful, such as an induction loop for a hearing aid user. Interpreting services such as sign language, written or sign language interpretation also help to make the service more accessible.
Offer the following:
- The possibility to use multiple senses, to see, hear, smell and try things.
- Guided tours to touch and feel, to see, hear, smell, hear, touch, touch, smell, hear, touch, smell and feel.
- Interpreted guided tours and presentations.
- Guided tours and presentations in sign language and interpreted into sign language.
- Opportunities to touch and feel the set, costumes and sound samples of the actors before the performance.
- Aids such as magnifying glasses and torches.
- Induction loops, i.e. sound transmission systems through which speech and other programming is transmitted wirelessly and without interference directly to the hearing aid.
- Audio-guides that incorporate closed captioning or are in plain language.
- Videos with subtitles, sign language interpretation and captioning.
- Signage, handouts, brochures and wall text in large enough type with good contrast between text and background, including braille where appropriate.
- Handouts, leaflets and wall text are also available in accessible electronic versions.