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A woman is silhouetted in front of a circular, glowing showcase presenting the Koenig Sound Analyser. The title, “Seeing Sound” is visible on the wall.
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Mind the gap: The positive impact of multi-sensory experiences

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Samantha Moore
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jan 10, 2022
As a blind/low vision child, two things seemed just out of reach for Samantha Moore: history and art.
A colourful, cartoon-style illustration depicts four rows of different faces, with six faces in each row. Each face is devoid of features, but shows distinctive skin tones, hair, and clothing.
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My face blind life

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Allison Sinclair
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Jan 11, 2021
If you had to identify people by their elbows, could you do it? Find out what it’s like to be face blind.
Pictured is a tightly-framed photograph of an Alleles prosthetic leg cover, as displayed in the Wearable Tech exhibition at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. The prosthetic cover's shape resembles the shape of a human leg, from knee down to ankle, but its appearance is highly stylized. It is made of a textured pink plastic, with a detailed black pattern that extends from top to bottom.
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Representing accessibility in the Ingenium collection

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Carlile Sea
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Aug 4, 2020
An Ingenium conservator shares a glimpse into life with dyslexia, struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how disability impacts their view of the collection (Post 3/3).
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The dyslexic view: Working from home during COVID-19

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Carlile Sea
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jul 28, 2020
An Ingenium conservator shares a glimpse into life with dyslexia, struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how disability impacts their view of the collection (Post 2/3).
A close-up image shows a hand holding a smartphone; Google Maps is visible on the screen.
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Living with dyslexia during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Carlile Sea
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Jul 22, 2020
An Ingenium conservator shares a glimpse into life with dyslexia, struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how disability impacts their view of the collection (Post 1/3).
Elaine visits the Moving Stories exhibition, with daughter Jamie Wolfe Phillips, husband Jim Phillips, and daughter Emily Wolfe Phillips.
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Honouring an innovator who gave others the “gift of freedom”

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Nov 19, 2018
Ottawa resident Elaine Wolfe was undoubtedly thinking about her late father, Clifford Wolfe, as she visited the Moving Stories exhibition at the Canada Science and Technology Museum last week. The temporary exhibition – which showcases some rarely-seen artifacts from the museum’s transportation collection – includes Elaine’s 1988 Chevy Blazer, outfitted with an innovative wheelchair lift that was invented by her dad when she was a young adult. “Calling my first truck an artifact is making me

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