Wycieczki z audiodeskrypcją w instytucjach kultury – wyzwania w realizacji dostępności

This article presents accessibility challenges faced by cultural institutions in the case of visually impaired visitors. The paper starts by highlighting the perception differences in people who are blind from birth, people who lost their eyesight but were once sensitive to visual stimuli, and people with partial vision loss, and consequently, the differences in the preparation of audio description narratives. Outlining the latter in terms of challenges related to the exhibition content (audio descriptions at exhibitions with and without facilities for the visually impaired) and navigation (extremely diversified needs in various groups of visually impaired visitors), the author argues that audio description cannot be the only solution implemented by cultural institutions, although this is often the case. Without undermining the necessity, relevance, and the educational and informational value of the verbal description of visual content, she emphasises the need for other solutions and a greater open-mindedness to the diversity of this extremely heterogeneous group of visitors. Such an approach is crucial while the solutions dedicated to the visually impaired can prove beneficial for all visitors.