PHOTO ESSAY: Making Italy’s art accessible to people with disabilities

Uniunea Europeana

ROME (AP) — Italy’s art-filled cities have no shortage of tourists , but they haven’t always been welcoming to visitors with visual impairments or other disabilities. Art that is millennia old doesn’t always lend itself to being touched. People who use wheelchairs often find elevators and doorways that are too narrow, stairs without ramps and uneven pavements. In 2021, as a condition of receiving European Union pandemic recovery funds, Italy accelerated its accessibility initiatives ,

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