A132 Universal Design in Zoological Settings

1. Universal Design in a Zoological
Setting

2. Resource –
Center for Universal Design

3. Background in Outdoor and
Therapeutic Recreation
Seasonal Keeper
Access Coordinator for
People with Disabilities

4. Brookfield Zoo History
• Opened July 1, 1934
• Construction started
in 1926
• 216 Acres
• 2 million visitors per
year
• Know for its barless
cages

5. Feedback on Accessibility
Advisory Group
 Progress Center for Independent Living – People with mobility and
physical disabilities
 Chicago Hearing Society – People with hearing loss or who are deaf
 Lighthouse for the Blind and Horizons for the Blind – People with
low vision or total sight loss.
Special Education Classes and Disabilities Groups
 Evaluations from tours and education programs
Focus Groups
 Adults and Children with low or no vision for enhancements of
exhibits.

6. South Gate – Additional Accessible
Parking and Level Entrance

7. Large Print Version of Zoo Map

8. Electronic Convenience Vehicles
– For Guest with Mobility
Limitations

9. Audio Programs –
For Hard of Hearing Guests

10. Accessible Transportation System
– For Guests Using Wheelchairs

11. Handouts – In Large Print and Braille

12. Entrance Access
Level Entrances Sloped Walkways

13. Automatic Door Openers
Restaurants Exhibits

14. Accessible Picnic Tables and Benches

15. Father/ Daughter – Unisex
Toilet rooms

16. Toilets for Tots and Adults

17. Resources on Exhibit Accessibility
American Alliance of
Museums National Park Service

18. Viewing Into Exhibits - Unobstructed

19. Viewing Levels – Children and
Guest Using a Wheelchair

20. Ground Floor to
Partial Underwater Viewing

21. Full Underwater Viewing

22. Exhibit – Heating and Cooling Elements

23. Focused Group Feedback
Entrance to Tropic World - Statue

24. Samson the Gorilla

25. Seven Sea Life Sized Statue Details

26. Seven Sea Statue Details

27. Two Dimensional Life Sized Animal Cutout

28. Exhibits with Touchable Objects

29. Touchable Exhibits – Multi-Sensory

30. Exhibit Accessibility Contact Information
American Alliance of
Museums
1575 Eye Street
NW Suite 400
Washington, DC 2005
(202) 289-1818
“Everyone’s Welcome”
Harpers Ferry Center
Center for Media Services
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the
Interior
67 Mather Place
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
25425
(304) 535-5050
“Programmatic Accessibility
Guidelines for National Park
Service Interpretive Media”

31. Mark Trieglaff, President
Accessibility Consultation and Training Services, Inc.
915 Eddy Court
Wheaton, IL 60187
(630) 303-3677 (cell)
mark@actservicesconsulting.com
www.actservicesconsulting.com
Contact Information