Call for participants

Designing for neurodiversity at TMA

When: 
Wednesday, July 16: 2:00–4:00p.m.
Thursday, July 17: 10:00a.m.–12:00p.m.

Where: 
Toledo Museum of Art  
600 Grove Pl, Toledo, OH 43620

What/aims: 
To further the Toledo Museum of Art’s purpose of being open and welcoming for all, we are running stakeholder workshops to understand neurodivergent experiences at our site. We are aiming to better understand the sensory and information processing experiences at the Toledo Museum of Art and discuss the design of future exhibitions.

The workshop will include a walk around the museum, looking at design materials for future exhibitions and discussing feedback about challenges experienced in the built environment. We hope this will be a creative and collaborative opportunity to enrich future experiences at the Toledo Museum of Art.  

Who: 
If you identify as being neurodivergent (you can either have an official diagnosis or be self-diagnosed) or have secondary experience of neurodivergence (for example, a parent of a neurodivergent child), you are invited to participate. You must be 18 years or older.   

What is neurodiversity? 
Neurodiversity is the term used to describe the unique ways in which people's brains work.  People who have a neurological profile that is different from what society considers to be typical or average (neurotypical) are considered neurodivergent. Neurodivergence includes (but is not limited to) conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome.