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December 17, 2014May 11, 2022 by Laura Roberts

Worcester Art Museum (WAM): Accessibility Assessment

Welcome to our page! During our interactive qualifying project we worked in collaboration with the Worcester Art Museum to identify ways to improve visitor experience at the museum. Specifically, we focused on providing recommendations to improve museum accessibility for people with physical disabilities or impairments. Project Sponsor: Worcester Art Museum The Worcester Art Museum, founded in…

March 18, 2014August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Worcester Earn-A-Bike: Creating an Adaptive Bicycle

We are the students who worked with Worcester Earn-A-Bike in order to develop an alternative bicycle for people with different disabilities including Down syndrome, autism, and cerebral palsy. Balance issues are associated with each of these disabilities, making it difficult to ride a standard bicycle. As bicycling is a great form of exercise, recreation, and…