One of a museum’s principal objectives is facilitating access to its collections and exhibitions for the greatest number of visitors possible and from the widest possible range of populations. MADMi is committed to being a space that celebrates diversity. Ours is an inclusive, welcoming environment in which everyone is encouraged to appreciate the richness of art and design.
MADMi can offer descriptive tours for persons with visual impairment or tours in sign language for persons with hearing loss. To request one of these tours, write us at educacion@madmi.org.
One care companion for each handicapped visitor will be admitted free of charge.
Descriptive and tactile tours offer visitors with visual impairment an opportunity to experience the MADMi’s contents, including temporary exhibits in the galleries.
During the tour, visitors will be able to touch both selected objects in the collection and 3-D reproductions of the museum’s most representative design objects. This will help these visitors generate mental images and enrich their experience at the MADMí.
Visitors who use wheelchairs to aid in their mobility may use their wheelchairs, whether electric or manual, to tour the museum. The museum’s facilities include ramps and elevators that make getting around inside the museum easier.
One care companion for each handicapped visitor will be admitted free of charge.
MADMi complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and allows service dogs to enter the museum’s public areas. A “service animal” is defined as “a dog that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for persons with disabilities.” With the exception of service dogs accompanying a person with a disability, or service dogs accompanied by a certified trainer, no animals are allowed within the MADMi’s facilities.
Under Titles II and II of the ADA, only dogs are service animals. Examples of animals that fit the definition of “service animal” according to the ADA because they have been trained specifically to carry out tasks for a person with a disability are:
⦁ Guide dogs: carefully trained dogs that serve as guides for people who are blind or have serious visual impairment.
⦁ Signal dogs: dogs that have been trained to alert a person who is deaf or has significant hearing loss when a sound occurs, such as a knock on the door or a ringing telephone.
⦁ Psychiatric service dogs: dogs that have been trained to perform tasks that assist individuals with disabilities to detect the onset of psychiatric episodes and lessen their effects.
⦁ SSigDogs (sensory signal dogs or social signal dogs): dogs trained to assist persons with autism. The dog alerts the handler to distracting repetitive movements common among those with autism, allowing the person to stop the movement (e.g., hand flapping).
⦁ Seizure response dogs: dogs trained to assist a person with a seizure disorder.
Emotional support animals and comfort animals are not service animals under the definition set forth in Titles II and III of the ADA and may therefore not enter the MADMi facilities.
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