Inclusive Collections, Inclusive Libraries is an RLUK programme of events that aims to foster conversation around decolonisation and inclusive practice in collecting, describing, presenting, and engaging with content in research library collections. It seeks to raise awareness about the opportunities and challenges of dealing with, contextualising, and engaging with offensive collections while also identifying and sharing examples of good practice.
The Neurodiverse Museum – thinking about neurodivergence and the cultural sector differently!
Tuesday 10 March, 11:00 – 12:00 (GMT), 12:00 – 13:00 (CET), 13:00 – 14:00 (EET/SAST), 07:00 – 08:00 (EDT), 19:00 – 20:00 (AWST/CST)
This talk will focus on the issues and barriers impacting on neurodivergent people in regards to the museums and wider cultural sector. It will explore neurodiversity and terminology, touch on the three pillars which underpin The Neurodiverse Museum – access, workforce and representation – and share findings to support those wishing to create more equitable spaces for and with neurodivergent people. The Neurodiverse Museum has been set up to change the way museums, and the cultural sector as a whole, approaches neurodiversity. They aim to shift the dialogue and provision from deficit, person first, exclusionary models, to presumed competence, identify first, inclusionary models with #ActuallyAutistic and neurodivergent voice at its heart.
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Dr Justine Reilly is the Strategic Director of The Neurodiverse Museum. Justine is late diagnosed AuDHD and brings lived experience to her work. A background of working in the cultural sector at the BBC, Granada TV, National Museums Liverpool, the Science and Media Museum and running her own business, Sporting Heritage, Justine is passionate about changing the way the cultural sector operates with and for neurodivergent people.