Tactile Collider : an interactive event for the blind and partially sighted

这个史无前例的项目旨在将科学、兴奋和发展对粒子物理学、大型强子对撞机和希格斯玻色子的兴趣传达给一个庞大的、以前没有目标的人口群体。主要目标受众是儿童（10-18岁）和失明和视力受损的成年人（统称VI），以及他们的照顾者和教师，这些受众在已建立的粒子和加速器物理公众参与活动中不被考虑，但他们占英国人口的200万。因此，该项目与政府的包容性议程和我们的社会需求直接一致，即接触到代表性不足的人口。他们独特的需求需要一种新的参与方式。活动计划的重点是大型强子对撞机和最近发现的希格斯玻色子，这与STFC的粒子和加速器物理议程直接相关。随着希格斯粒子的发现和对撞机展览的成功，这个及时的项目将与大学员工、专业科学传播者和专业组织的专业技能和经验一起交付。该项目的核心是触觉对撞机事件的开发，包括特别设计的互动演讲，以及基于粒子和加速器物理组件的触觉展品和独特的音频描述。这一经验将在科学内容上与现有的大型强子对撞机和希格斯对撞机有关，但在向听众传达方面进行了重大调整。专门设计的与检测器和加速器相关的触觉组件将与演讲集成，并开发辅助阅读器（大多数VI人员使用）和盲文手册。这将在英国的许多与视觉相关的学校巡回演出，这些材料将用于科学节和Pi：调查平台活动。后一种活动也将面向公众，提供关于盲人和弱视者独特需求的教育。预计更多针对目标受众的公众参与项目将从这个开创性的项目中发展出来，包括免费提供的针对受众的培训计划、触觉展品和活动材料。其目的是在最初的两年期间提供活动方案。项目后将有培训材料、触觉展品和活动材料的遗产，并将与合适的合作伙伴一起探索国际推广。项目负责人将继续提供触觉碰撞器项目后，并将材料和展品免费提供给其他人。还将通过VI观众指南对所有未来的活动产生影响。

This first-of-a-kind project aims to communicate the science, the excitement and develop an interest in the particle physics, the LHC and the Higgs boson to a large and previously untargeted demographic group. The main target audiences are children (aged 10-18) and adults who are blind and visually impaired (collectively VI), along with their carers and teachers, an audience not considered in established particle and accelerator physics public engagement activities but who make up 2M of the UK's population. As such the project is directly aligned with the government's inclusion agenda and our societal need to reach out to underrepresented demographics. Their unique needs require a new approach to their engagement.The programme of activities is focused on the LHC and the recent discovery of the Higgs boson and is directly relevant to the particle and accelerator physics agenda of STFC. The timely project follows the high profile success of the Higgs discovery and the Collider exhibition, and will delivered with the specialist skills and experience of the university staff, professional science communicators and specialist organisations. The core of the project is the development of the Tactile Collider event, consisting of a specially designed interactive talk coupled with tactile exhibits based on particle and accelerator physics components and unique audio descriptions. The experience will be related to existing LHC and Higgs talks in scientific content but significantly adapted in terms of delivery to the audience. Specially created tactile components related to detectors and accelerators will be integrated with the talk, and an assistive reader (used by most VI people) and braille brochure developed.This will tour many of sight-related schools in the United Kingdom, and the material will be used in science festival and Pi: Platform for Investigation events. The latter events will also reach the general public, providing education on the unique needs of blind and partially sighted people. It is anticipated that further public engagement projects for the target audience will grow out of this pioneering project, including a freely available legacy of audience specific training plans, tactile exhibits and event materials. The intention is to deliver the programme of events over an initial two-year period. There will be a post-project legacy of training material, tactile exhibits and event materials, and an international roll-out will be explored with suitable partners. The project leader will continue to deliver Tactile Collider post-project and will make the materials and exhibits freely available to others. There will also be an impact on all future events through VI audience guidelines.