From dandrews920 at comcast.net Sun Jan 24 19:35:37 2021 From: dandrews920 at comcast.net (David Andrews) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:35:37 -0600 Subject: [ArtBeyondSightMuseums] Museum Tour Book Message-ID: > >Dear Mr. Andrews, >I am a retired pediatrician who has volunteered in the accessibility >department of the Museum of Fine Arts (in Boston) for over a decade. >I created and led tours there for the blind, including students at >Perkins School for the Blind. > >Years later, at 90 years old, locked in with Covid-19 and cancer, I >wrote a book about my experience with one visually impaired visitor >to the museum. It's essentially the story of how art can be taught >to the blind, a reminder that museums are accessible to the blind. >It is available as an audiobook, on Amazon & Audible & iTunes. >Links are here: >https://www.audible.com/pd/Teaching-Art-to-the-Blind-My-Time-with-Daniel-Audiobook/B08RQM16FD >https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Art-Blind-Time-Daniel/dp/B08LNN59Y6 > >I spoke with Jenivieve White at the National Federation of the Blind >who gave me your contact information and suggested I contact you to >ask if you would consider adding it to your internet mailing list. I >would appreciate any feedback from you. > >I am very ill at the moment and with high hopes of sharing this book >with the blind. Thank you so much for your consideration. >Kind regards, >Luisa Stigol, M.D. >luisastigol at gmail.com >617-794-6755