Cultural program before and during the Special Olympics

From the look around the City Hall 29/03/2012:

"From 20 to 26 May, more than 5,000 athletes of Special Olympics, the National Summer Games for people with intellectual and multiple disabilities, in Munich as a guest. The cultural department of the city under the motto "On the spot! Munchen warms to "the beginning of April to 26 May, a cultural program together, is that consistent across the art forms and with different formats, with issues of "disability" on the games. For the participating athletes will also be guided tours of the Munchner community college in the city and many cultural institutions Munchner offered in easy language.

"The fact that inclusion is also recognized by the Munchner cultural institutions as an important social function, shows the diversity of participants: more than 70 institutions, associations and initiatives contribute before the cultural program and during the Special Olympics, Munchen 2012," said Anton Biebl, city director of the Culture Unit in today's press conference for the Special Olympics program Munchen 2012th

Whether Munchner folk theater or theater at the welfare office, the Pinakothek der Moderne, or off-gallery space - the range of partners is large. The Munchner city library, the district cultural centers, the Kreisjugendring and churches help, as for example the urbanauts to carry the perception in the neighborhood and in the Munchner with public space. The Bayerischer Rundfunk and the DOK.fest, the Bavarian State Ballet and the Free Music Centre take the Special Olympics as an opportunity to contribute Munich in 2012 with their own contribute to more insight into the topic of inclusion and disability. The überwiegend free or heavily ermäßigten offerings include exhibitions, films, documentaries, music, readings, theater, lectures, workshops and art services. Among many others we-ken with the cartoonist and painter Rudi Hurzlmeier, the performance Künstlerin Dorothea Seror, the theater group "The Blindgänger" or the singing head of school at Fanderl Wastl-cultural warming for Special Olympics Münchnen 2012th The program booklet is in the city information from the Town Hall and at the participating institutions.

For people with learning difficulties also about facilitating the time of the Special Olympics, even the addition determine access to cultural institutions, is the cultural department of the handbook "Munchner culture made easy" out in easy language. The urban museums and NEN boos that Museumspädagogische center, the Munchner folk high schools le, the Munchner City Library, the Munchner Kammerorchester and the künftige Nazi documentation center to offer Munchen now haulage gene in simple language and are represented with short portraits. "Munchner culture made easy" was created under the scientific direction of Professor Dr. Clemens Danne Beck of a cul-turin terested group of angehörten both students and researchers with intellectual disabilities. In addition to the scientific methods of 'inclusive research' were the linguistic and design guidelines of "Inclusion Europe" and "People First Association / Network Easy Language" applied. "Munchner culture made easy" is available from May in the Department of Culture, at the participating institutions and cultural city in the information obtainable at the Town Hall free of charge.