Considering the Museum Experience of Children with Autism
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Abstract This article reports on a study that was designed to provide insight about the barriers that limit families with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from visiting fine arts museums. Parents (N=54), and staff and volunteers (N=62) at the museum completed a questionnaire about their perceptions of the participation of children with ASD in museum activities. Some significant differences in responses were found between parents and museum staff and volunteers. Parents reported being thankful for the sense of community that Autism Awareness Family Celebrations provide, but were frustrated with reactions from others during typical museum experiences. Museum staff and volunteers expressed that museum participation was important, but responses were split between those who desired to learn more about ASD in order to create an optimal museum experience, and those who preferred not to take on this initiative. Studies such as this help museums become more inclusive.
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With an effect size of g = 0.7, ChatGPT would be more impactful than ITS, whose effect size was 0.66 in Kulik and Fletcher (2016).
“With an effect size of g = 0.7, ChatGPT would thus be more impactful than ITS (see, e.g., ES = 0.66 in Kulik and Fletcher 2016)”
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“However, neurodivergent individuals experience barriers in STEM learning experiences, such as sensory processing differences, distractibility, and social anxiety (Hutson and Hutson 2022; Kulik and Fletcher 2016; Little et al. 2014).”
- Authors
- Kulik, T. K., & Fletcher, T. S.
- ORCID
- Fletcher, Tina Sue
- Venue
- Curator The Museum Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-01
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-38
- ISSN
- 0011-3069 (ISSN-L)
- 2151-6952
- OpenAlex
- W2398161533
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 18.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Curator The Museum Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Museology › Museums and Cultural Heritage
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Museology › Libraries and Information Services
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, museum visitor experience, fine arts museums, museum inclusion, parental attitudes, museum accessibility
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