Abilities Celebration at GA Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium will be holding their annual Abilities Celebration from February 3-6, 2010. The Aquarium will kick off their second annual Abilities Week celebrating people with different abilities and promoting diversity, running February 3-6 during normal operating hours. Inspiring a sense of understanding and embracing a culture of awareness, the celebration will include a variety of exciting performances as well as services to be enjoyed by all.
Special guests include:
• A performance of Tail Tell Tale by local artist Jaehn Clare. Follow the road of recovery of a woman who survived a life altering injury. The piece relates how she “grew into a mermaid”.
• The Georgia Academy for the Blind choir and wrestling team
• Georgia School for the Deaf DeSign Choir
• Briarlake Elementary Signing Choir
• The Georgia Blazers Basketball team
• Live performance by Macon ’s music ambassador Joey Stuckey- a blind musician with an insightful vision!
• George Velazquez- a professional ballroom dancer, whose life was changed drastically by a freak auto- accident that severed his left leg below the knee. Come hear his story and learn the electric slide!
With the largest Handicap Scuba Association (HAS) certified dive team in the world, the Georgia Aquarium serves as a leader in ability awareness and accessibility. Throughout the Abilities Week celebration, the world’s largest aquarium will also offer a variety of staffing and operational additions to ensure guests of all abilities have an enjoyable experience while visiting.
• On Thursday February 4th, Sign language interpreters will be on hand at all presentations, gallery windows, and will be available to host special behind-the-scenes tours at specifically scheduled times.
• On Wednesday February 3rd Volunteer guides will be accessible for those with visual impairments. 3D models and touch pools are located inside several galleries at all times for the visually impaired.
• Wheelchair accessible mats are located at various exhibits throughout the Aquarium reserving private, easily accessible viewing areas for those in wheelchairs.
There are tickets available at a DISCOUNTED RATE for disability groups around the area which can be purchased only through this link at www.georgiaaquarium.org/abilities
Based on the volunteers attending, performances and services offered: Wednesday 2/3 will have the most services available for guests with visual impairments; Thursday 2/4 for guests with hearing impairment; Friday 2/5 for guests with mobility impairment and Saturday 2/6 for those that don’t mind a crowd and want to see sports exhibitions and Joey Stuckey!!
ABOUT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM
The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, is the world’s largest with more than eight million gallons of water and the largest collection of aquatic animals. The mission of the Georgia Aquarium is to be an entertaining, educational and scientific institution featuring exhibits and programs of the highest standards; offering engaging and exciting guest experiences promoting the conservation of aquatic biodiversity throughout the world. The Georgia Aquarium is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums.
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