The guides’ explanations were interpreted into sign language in real time. (Photo: Maximilien Brice)
On 4 May, around ten children from the Centre pour enfants sourds de Montbrillant (Montbrillant Centre for Deaf Children), a public school funded by the Office médico-pédagogique du canton de Genève, took a guided tour of the Microcosm exhibition and were treated to a Fun with Physics demonstration.
The tour guides’ explanations were interpreted into sign language in real time by a professional interpreter who accompanied the children, and the pace and content was adapted to maximise the interaction with the children. This visit demonstrates CERN’s commitment to remaining as widely accessible as possible. To this end, most of CERN’s visit sites offer reduced-mobility access. In the past few months, CERN has also welcomed children suffering from xeroderma pigmentosum (a genetic disorder causing extreme sensitivity to UV light) and blind adults.