Accessibility at the AZA and Beyond featuring Grayson Ponti of ZANE and Kari Hart of the AZA

About this episode

The episode discusses accessibility in zoos and aquariums with a focus on neurodiversity during Autism Acceptance Month.

Today, the Safari sits down with Grayson Ponti of ZANE and Kari Hart of the AZA to discuss accessibility. This episode is dropping during Autism Acceptance Month, and is a great way to look at the neurodiversity that is so common in the zoo and aquarium fields. EPISODE LINKS: zanezoo.com @zane_zoosandaquariums on socials ROSSIFARI LINKS: rossifari.com Patreon.com/rossifari to support the pod @rossifari @rossifaripod on TikTok

People in this episode

Host: Rossifari

Guests: Grayson Ponti, Kari Hart

Topics covered

• accessibility
• neurodiversity
• zoo and aquarium fields
• Autism Acceptance Month
• animal conservation

Keywords

• accessibility
• neurodiversity
• zoo
• aquarium
• Autism Acceptance Month
• animal conservation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ZANE, AZA, rossifari.com, Patreon.com/rossifari, zanezoo.com, @zane_zoosandaquariums, @rossifari, @rossifaripod

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