Exhibit Design Relating to Low Vision and Blindness: What Visitors with Vision Loss Want Museums and Parks to Know about Effective Communication

Position and Hand physiology

The map is mounted at a slight angle from the wall that forces your hand into an awkward position. Several people actually crouched down in order to read it because it is so low. The map position issues led to an interesting discussion of the physiology of hands. One participant gave an example from an earlier exhibit where the Braille labels took into consideration hand physiology and ergonomics. The labels were mounted at a 45-degree angle away from the visitor with the Braille oriented so one read from the bottom of the label up. An additional issue relative to position was that the frame around the map interfered with reading the Braille.