Accessibility to science
"À vous de voir" broadcast on France 5 on the 6 January 2014
Résumé:
Six blind or partially sighted students in their final year of science are taking part in an astronomy workshop at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris. astronomy workshop at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris. By touching and brushing round shapes made of plastic, cardboard or fabric, they discover the planets that make up the solar system. the planets that make up the solar system. The teenagers then travel to an observatory in the Paris region for a hands-on look at the stars.
LIVE CONFERENCE | Discovering the 4th state of matter!
Solid, liquid, gas... and then... plasma! The plasma state is relatively unknown compared to the other three, yet it is the most widespread state in the Universe!
Ludovic Petitdemange, researcher at LERMA, and Jérôme Pulpytel, lecturer at Sorbonne University and researcher at LISE, invite you to discover this mysterious 4th state of matter. The speakers will be answering your questions live!
Conference open to the general public, from Year 4 upwards.
The conference is accessible to the visually impaired thanks to audio description.
Ludovic, visually impaired researcher
Ludovic Petitdemange, an astrophysicist, has been visually impaired since the age of 10.
He learnt to overcome his disability, successfully entered university and embarked on a scientific course. Undertaking a research degree while being visually impaired not only seemed to everyone to be an unattainable goal, it was also clearly unheard of in France!
Keeping your motivation intact, continuing to believe in yourself despite the unfavourable view of those around you, gaining access to training courses that are unsuitable for the visually impaired: all this was less like a student journey than an obstacle course.