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Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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Dear colleagues,

An Inquiry Group working under the auspices of the Center for 
Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) is looking to catalog 
efforts that make informal science education experiences more inclusive 
of people with disabilities. Founded in 2008 with support from the 
National Science Foundation (NSF), CAISE works across the informal 
science education (ISE) field to gather and communicate evidence of the 
contributions of informal science education and to offer professional 
development opportunities for those working with and seeking NSF support.

If you or your institution has been working to increase access to 
science education for people with disabilities through informal 
learning, we would appreciate it if you would be willing to fill out our 
on-line survey: http://tinyurl.com/Access-Survey

The survey should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Please 
provide as much information as you can about the project, but do not 
feel that you need to answer all of the questions. We would rather 
receive some information from a lot of projects than detailed accounts 
from a small number of projects. This will help CAISE, and everyone in 
the informal science education field, to become aware of the good work 
you have been doing—and, of equal importance, the challenges you 
encountered.

Please forward this email to anyone you know who is working to increase 
access to informal science learning for people with disabilities.

Thank you for your help. We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Christine Reich, Museum of Science, Boston
Ellen Rubin, New York
Jeremy Price, Boston College
Mary Ann Steiner, University of Pittsburgh

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Christine Reich
Manager of Informal Education Research and Evaluation
Museum of Science, Boston
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Phone (617) 589-0302
Fax (617) 589-0454
TTY (617) 589-0480
http://www.mos.org
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