#accessible spaces

[museum-spaces]

Almost certainly a silly question but: is it weird to go to museums alone? I'm in my late 20s living in a big city with real museums for the first time. the only time I've ever been to one is on vacation with family as a teen and when visiting a partner in a europe. I don't really know anyone here yet but I really want to see some dinosaur bones and I'm not sure i want to wait around until I've made a friend to go look at them with.

Is it unusual to see an adult alone at a museum? Should I just go? Is it possible to make friends while looking at dinosaur bones? Is there museum etiquette about this? Is there other non-obvious museum etiquette someone who grew up in the wilds of northern Canada might not know???

Anon, no it is not weird at all.

In fact, you could go and make friends there totally either by talking to docents - the workers in the gallery space - or other guests because guess what, you ALL care about dinosaur bones.

Basic museum etiquette is this, and even these vary depending on where you are

Pay to enter - either buy a ticket or make a donation. if it is by donation and you don't have the funds, go in anyway.

match the volume of the museum - if it's quiet keep your voice to a conversational level, if its loud be loud if you want to.

DO NOT TOUCH unless it explicitly says you can touch, then go hog wild.

Do not get into conspiracy arguments even for fun with the staff - we have heard it all.

have fun.

AND THATS IT. Depending on the museum they may even have social meet-up events for young people or classes or lectures that you could attend with meet-and-greets afterwards for social interaction.

If its dinos I can guess at the museum/province. They'll love your enthusiasm even if it is quiet.

[concretesolutionllc]

In the United States alone, over 61 million adults live with a disability. This staggering statistic highlights the crucial need for accessibility in all facets of our society, particularly in commercial spaces. Let us explore the benefits of constructing accessible spaces extending beyond mere compliance.

[azatas]

"we need more complex female characters" you couldn't even handle her

[youngchronicpain]

It is okay to need pain medication to function with your chronic pain. It is okay. I promise. I know everywhere you turn pain medication is demonized. I know that it is scary to talk about. It is okay to be grateful that you have access to pain medication. Pain meds have greatly improved my quality of life and I wouldn't be able to live my life outside of my bed without them. And that's okay!!!

[prettyboypubby]

i dont think its talked about enough that it is so hard to be disabled and into bdsm. so shoutout to everyone else who cant do long sessions, or use rope tightly, or do anything their heart desires because of a disability. i get it. you are not alone.

also. adapt your kink spaces to fit your needs. use a yoga chaise for riding and doggystyle to help with pain or holding oneself up, if your shoulders dislocate like mine, cuff your hands in front instead of the back, have a partner that knows what to do and to stop if you fall unconscious, seize, or are in pain, and most importantly, speak up, take breaks.

your disabled body matters!!! (and so do your kinks)

[brightatmidnight]

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[consider-your-potatoes-mashed]

Why the fuck is it so hard for able bodied people to get their heads around the fact that specifically physically disabled people are not actually accommodated most of the time?

Whether it be the inaccessibility of a building due to stairs, heavy non auto doors, ramps that are too steep, broken elevators or just non existent elevators, etc the list goes on and on. Or now public spaces that let’s say are otherwise perfectly accessible are now inaccessible to so many people because so many people refuse to wear a fucking mask when it would cause then no harm (maybe just a bit of sweat) to wear one.

The fact that abled people don’t see just how fucked up and inaccessible the world is blows my fucking mind. Just because someone “can” do something or go somewhere doesn’t mean they should have to do that or that it’s safe for them to do so. Like sure I can do stairs but holy shit by the time I’m at the top I’m in so much pain and I feel like I’m gonna pass the fuck out man.

Bottom line, the world is really fucking inaccessible and that needs to be fixed. Physically disabled people’s voices need to be listened to and not talked over by ableds who think they know what’s best for us or who think the world is perfect as it is

[gailynovelry]

I don’t like getting intense over petty things, but why are people calling large paragraphs “bad formatting” now. It’s just formatting. Sometimes, a larger paragraph serves its text well, and sometimes it doesn’t, and there is a LOT more that goes into making a text block readable than length alone.

Please please please fucking please stop inventing all-encompassing arbitrary rules about what features define “good” art and “bad” art.

[coochiequeens]

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[infamously-winking]

hot take on billford is that the secret third thing is obsession with being seen by someone for the first time in each of their lives

[bolithesenate]

the life of a crèchemaster is many things, but certainly never boring

[17gz]

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[nasa]

For the Benefit of All: Assistive Tech Developed from NASA Tech

What do modern cochlear implants and robotic gloves have in common? They were derived from NASA technology. We’ve made it easier to find and use our patented inventions that could help create products that enhance life for people with disabilities.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which highlights the contributions of American workers with disabilities – many of whom use assistive technology on the job. Take a look at these assistive technologies that are NASA spinoffs.

Low-Vision Headsets

The Joint Optical Reflective Display (JORDY) device is a headset that uses NASA image processing and head-mounted display technology to enable people with low vision to read and write. JORDY enhances individuals’ remaining sight by magnifying objects up to 50 times and allowing them to change contrast, brightness, and display modes. JORDY's name was inspired by Geordi La Forge, a blind character from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” whose futuristic visor enabled him to see.

Cochlear Implants

Work that led to the modern cochlear implant was patented by a NASA engineer in the 1970s. Following three failed corrective surgeries, Adam Kissiah combined his NASA electronics know-how with research in the Kennedy Space Center technical library to build his own solution for people with severe-to-profound hearing loss who receive little or no benefit from hearing aids. Several companies now make the devices, which have been implanted in hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

Robotic Gloves

Ironhand, from Swedish company Bioservo Technologies, is the world’s first industrial-strength robotic glove for factory workers and others who perform repetitive manual tasks. It helps prevent stress injuries but has been especially warmly received by workers with preexisting hand injuries and conditions. The glove is based on a suite of patents for the technology developed by NASA and General Motors to build the hands of the Robonaut 2 humanoid robotic astronaut.

Smart Glasses

Neurofeedback technology NASA originally developed to improve pilots’ attention has been the basis for products aimed at helping people manage attention disorders without medication. The devices measure brainwave output to gauge attention levels according to the “engagement index” a NASA engineer created. Then, they show the results to users, helping them learn to voluntarily control their degree of concentration. One such device is a pair of smart glasses from Narbis, whose lenses darken as attention wanes.

Anti-Gravity Treadmills

A NASA scientist who developed ways to use air pressure to simulate gravity for astronauts exercising in space had the idea to apply the concept for the opposite effect on Earth. After licensing his technology, Alter-G Inc. developed its anti-gravity G-Trainer treadmill, which lets users offload some or all of their weight while exercising. The treadmills can help people recover from athletic or brain injuries, and they allow a safe exercise regimen for others with long-term conditions such as arthritis.

Wireless Muscle Sensors

Some of the most exciting assistive technologies to spin off may be yet to come. Delsys Inc. developed electromyographic technology to help NASA understand the effects of long-term weightlessness on astronauts’ muscles and movements. Electromyography detects and analyzes electrical signals emitted when motor nerves trigger movement. Among the company’s customers are physical therapists developing exercise routines to help patients recover from injuries. But some researchers are using the technology to attempt recoveries that once seemed impossible, such as helping paralyzed patients regain movement, letting laryngectomy patients speak, and outfitting amputees with artificial limbs that work like the real thing.  

To further enhance the lives of people with disabilities, NASA has identified a selection of patented technologies created for space missions that could spur the next generation of assistive technology here on Earth.

Want to learn more about assistive technologies already in action? Check out NASA Spinoff to find products and services that wouldn’t exist without space exploration.   

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[museum-spaces]

One of my favourite things from my new job;

belligerently enforcing break times and end of shift times.

It is brilliant. I love it. I give out warnings [you have 5 minutes before I kick you out] and drag people away from their desks if they haven't had break. I have only had to hover menacingly once.

Everyday I wait until about 1-2 to take my break, stick my head in my second's office and ask if she has taken hers. She always deflates because she hasn't. So we go outside together with Ianto and talk shop.

She has spent the last 10 years working through her lunch and staying late without claiming her hours. It sounds like all 3 of the previous full-time employees did that.

Over the last year or so she realized that it isn't sustainable but she is struggling to make the shift. Thus, shop talk.

She is also very happy that I am enforcing breaks and home times for the contract employees too. She recognizes that her thinking regarding work/life balance is... disordered. She's told me before that she doesn't quite 'get' when people can't work full time and school full time because she did it her whole career. But also recognizes that that is a 'her' problem, not a healthy attitude.

I will drag this museum into a proper, healthy workplace if it kills me.

[bleaksqueak]

Desk is cozy.

Got my rat.

Time for some special interest brain juice.