The CV MARQ Foundation will participate tomorrow in a national meeting where he will show the experience with the implementation of the project. Empower Parents at MARQThe museum becomes a space of relationship and exploration where families with children with autism can share experiences, establish links and favour their access to the cultural offer of MARQ.
The coordinator of the Didactics, Accessibility and Social Responsibility Unit of the Fundación CV MARQ, Gema Salawill be the one to provide the results of the three years of this projectin which from 2022 around thirty families from Alicante have taken part. with some member with autism. In this meeting, the video produced by the Fundación CV MARQ, and promoted by the Diputación de Alicante, will be screened. process of methodological adaptation of the EMPOWER Parents programme and its impact on MARQ with testimonies from families, institutional representatives and educators on the importance of cultural accessibility.
The national meeting takes place in the framework of the World Autism Awareness Day. EMPOWER, an organisation that works in the field of mediation and cultural education, will convey, within the framework of the Royal Botanical Garden-CSIC, the joint commitment of all the institutions that are part of the programme, to promote the inclusion and cultural access of families with children on the autism spectrum.
This is one of the main messages that will be delivered by a representation of the institutions that make up the EMPOWER network, with the reading of the manifesto, in the open meeting, moderated by Laura DonisThe event will be attended, together with Gema Sala, the head of Education and Accessibility programmes at Fundación ICO, Silvia ConsuegraThe head of the Scientific Culture Unit of the RJB-CSIC, Irene Fernández de TejadaShe is the coordinator of public programmes and audience development at the sub-directorate general of Fine Arts of the Regional Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport of the Community of Madrid, Macu LedesmaThe Deputy Director of Communication and Culture of the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Pilar López García-GalloThe coordinator of the Didactics, Accessibility and Social Responsibility Unit of the Fundación CV MARQ, Gema Sala and the head of the area of dissemination and development of the Subdirectorate General of State Museums of the Ministry of Culture (SGME), Olga Ovejero.
The national meeting will conclude with a participatory activity, a sensory tour of the Botanical GardenThe event will allow visitors to discover the natural environment through the senses.
