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New Exhibit Highlights Disability Awareness at Long Island Children’s Museum

By Jessica Mcfadyen
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LICM provides broader accessibility measures under its LICM4All initiative, offering sensory-friendly hours, quiet rooms, assistive devices, and visual supports for neurodiverse and disabled visitors. The exhibit aims to elevate disability visibility through sensory experiences, storytelling, and interactive design to encourage inclusivity from a young age. File photo: 24K-Production, licensed.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM) has launched a new interactive exhibit, Visibility of Disability, now open in the museum’s Artists’ Corner through August 26. The exhibit, created in partnership with the Viscardi Center’s forthcoming Museum of Disability History, offers hands-on activities designed to foster empathy and understanding of diverse disability experiences .

Exhibit Features

  • Trailblazers: Highlights advocates and inventors who advanced disability rights, including the late Judy Heumann, a key figure behind the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.
  • Adaptive Tools: Displays historical and modern assistive devices like communication aids, mobility innovations, and an adaptive drumstick to enable users of all abilities to play instruments.
  • Interactive Stations: Encourage visitors to navigate in wheelchairs, use hearing protection, experience low-vision simulations, and engage with accessible toy models and design challenges.
  • Representation Through Media: Includes inclusive items like a Barbie doll with Down syndrome and features exhibit elements highlighting accessible design, such as Viscardi’s AI House model.

The exhibit aims to elevate disability visibility through sensory experiences, storytelling, and interactive design to encourage inclusivity from a young age.

LICM provides broader accessibility measures under its LICM4All initiative, offering sensory-friendly hours, quiet rooms, assistive devices, and visual supports for neurodiverse and disabled visitors.

This Visibility of Disability exhibit also complements the Viscardi Center’s upcoming Museum of Disability History, set to open in Albertson’s Kornreich Institute in fall 2025 – the first permanent museum of its kind in New York State.

Q&A: What Long Island Families Should Know

Q: How long is the exhibit open?
A: Visibility of Disability will be displayed through August 26, 2025, in the Artists’ Corner at LICM.

Q: What age groups is it intended for?
A: The exhibit is family-friendly and designed to engage children and adults alike through interactive learning experiences.

Q: What types of activities can visitors try?
A: Guests can navigate a simulated wheelchair path, wear glasses simulating vision impairments, use noise-canceling headphones, and try accessible musical instruments.

Q: Are there sensory-friendly accommodations?
A: Yes – LICM offers Featured Hours with reduced noise and lighting, sensory backpacks, visual aids, and a quiet room available during visits.

Q: Is this exhibit linked to a larger museum project?
A: It’s a collaborative preview of the Viscardi Center’s full-scale Museum of Disability History, opening in fall 2025 in Albertson.

Q: What accessibility initiatives are part of LICM’s programs?
A: The LICM4All program includes sensory theatre performances, supportive admission policies for aides, and toolkits like picture cards to enhance communication access.

Q: Is the exhibit free with museum admission?
A: Yes, Visibility of Disability is included with standard museum admission and membership.

Q: Where can I find more information or plan a visit?
A: Visit the LICM website or contact their ACCESS team to register for sensory-friendly hours or accessibility services.

Jessica Mcfadyen

Jessica Mcfadyen is a journalist for independent news and media organizations in the United States. Mcfadyen primarily spends her time scouting social media for the latest Local, US and World News for Long Island Guide. She also contributes to a variety of publications through involvement in the Society of Professional Journalists.

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