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- Title
Communicating Astronomy to Special Needs Audiences.
- Authors
Ortiz-Gil, Amelia; Blay, Pere; Gallego Calvente, A. Teresa; Gomez Collado, Miquel; Guirado, Jose Carlos; Lanzara, Mariana; Martinez Nuñez, Silvia
- Abstract
Our team has developed a variety of astronomical activities specifically intended for people with special needs. In particular, we have created a series of interactive talks, software with astronomical content, hands-on activities, and a planetarium show, among others, to communicate astronomy to people with different kinds of physical and cognitive disabilities. The main goal of this work is to stress the fact that working with this kind of audience is not as difficult as it might seem a priori. Moreover, the experience is formative and very rewarding for everyone involved.
- Subjects
ASTRONOMY; ASTRONOMICAL software; PLANETARIUMS; SCIENTIFIC communication; COGNITION disorders
- Publication
Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal, 2011, Issue 11, p12
- ISSN
1996-5621
- Publication type
Article