Museum of Surrey seeks to incorporate sensory-friendly spaces

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Aug 28, 2019

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By: Sonia Mendes

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

A young girl wearing headphones closes her eyes as she rests on a red cushion.

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The city of Surrey is hiring two young people with autism to help create sensory-friendly spaces. Read more from CBC about how the Museum of Surrey is incorporating low sensory products to help make spaces more accessible.

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Museum of Surrey seeks to incorporate sensory-friendly spaces

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Sonia Mendes

Sonia Mendes is the English Writer/Editor for Ingenium. She loves digging behind the scenes to tell the quirky, colourful stories of museum life and all things related to science and innovation.

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