The LIS route set up at the pasta museum
It becomes fully accessible the Parmigiano Reggiano Museumhosted in the Corte Castellazzi of Soragna (Parma), that the June 7th Last inaugurated a path specially designed for deaf people and with auditory disabilities that will allow them to fully and fully know each section of the museum path in total autonomy.
Thanks to the support of the Farnese Lions Club of Parma and al Regional Council of the National Authority of Emilia Romagna, have been made 20 video-tutorial, interpreted by Laura of joy, A narrator in the Italian (Lis) and subtitled signs language, positioned in the different sections to which you can access with your smartphone thanks to a QR code.
This is only the last stage of the path to the inclusion undertaken by the food museums to make fully accessible and open to allThe 9 museums located in the territory of the province of Parma, From the Po to the Apennines. In particular, the one dedicated to Parmigiano Reggiano is the third to become usable also to people with auditory disabilities after those of the Feline salami and pasta.
To the inauguration conducted by Giancarlo Goniizzi, coordinator of the food museums, intervened Mario Marini, president of the food museums, Silvia ParonI, deputy mayor of Soragna, Giuseppe Varicchio, Regional President National Authority Sordi – Emilia Romagna, Roberto Pagliari, President of Lions Parma Farnese e Luca Cotti, President of the Parma section of the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium.
“Our common goal,” said President Marini, “is to encourage inclusion as much as possible because we are convinced that culture is a fundamental element for personal growth and therefore reduce or reduce any barrier, it is a value for the entire community. By its nature, the museum is a place open to all and where everyone and everyone can find ideas and enrichments, opportunities for growth and fun but also meeting and – being food museums – of conviviality».
The intervention of Giuseppe Varicchio He focused on the importance of the initiative: “I think it is essential that the places where you live the culture prove to be the precious allies in this path that we have been trying to run for years With the sole objective of making accessibility an axiom for everyone and not a possibility among many“He explained,” we often hear that accessibility costs, too little often instead we focus on the cost that people with disabilities are forced to pay in life when they do not have access to culture like all the others. We therefore thank all those who, in one way or another, contributed to the realization of this video game accessible to deaf people ».
“Try to alleviate the inconvenience of those in difficulty in daily life falls within the essential prerogatives of Lions,” he explained Roberto Pagliari“The Lis route at the Parmigiano Reggiano Museum represents a passage of great moral and social meaning, since it is destined to encourage the access of deaf people to the path, allowing them to take advantage of cultural content related to the Parma gastronomic tradition”.
Luca Cotti, President of Parma section of the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, he underlined that “among the values of Parmigiano Reggiano, in addition to naturalness, sustainability, craftsmanship and link with tradition, there are also those of inclusion, communication and respect for the rights of people with disabilities”.
