Sponsored in Philadelphia by the Widener Memorial Foundation in Aid of Handicapped Children and CVS Caremark Charitable Trust
Local partners include Inglis Foundation and Art-Reach.
Access/ABILITY presents people living with disabilities as participants in the world. The exhibit features fun and engaging activities that show similarities and differences in how each of us go places, communicate, have fun and learn.
Experiences include:
- Going Places: Visitors can explore a wheelchair obstacle course and a multi-sensory City Walk.
- Talk with Me: Visitors learn phrases in American Sign Language, type their names in Braille and communicate using pictures.
- Just for Fun: Try a hand-pedaled bike and create art using sight, touch and sound.
- Think about It:Visitors test their attention and memory skills.
- Invent It: Experience design challenges, discover multiple ways to accomplish tasks and learn how things can be designed to work for the largest number of people.
- Resource Area: Visitors can learn more through books and online resources.

Learn about Please Touch Museum’s Therapeutic Membership, created especially for organizations who serve children with disabilities.