Disability Travel: Overcoming Challenges
Author: Victor Block
Published: 2024/11/02
Publication Type: Informative
Topic: Disability Travel America (Publications Database)
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Synopsis: Guide to accessible travel options for people with disabilities, highlighting accommodations, destinations, and transportation choices that cater to diverse needs and abilities.
Introduction
Betty Gordon and her husband Don were looking forward to a wide range of leisure activities and sightseeing opportunities as they checked into their vacation hotel. When they departed several days later, they had enjoyed everything on their wish list.
They had taken dips in the property’s swimming pool and checked out an oceanfront beach and the brown pelicans that nest there. They took a horse-drawn sightseeing carriage ride along the city’s cobblestone streets through its historic neighborhoods. They visited what’s described as the largest inclusive playground in the world, which was designed to be welcoming to children with a variety of disabilities.
That facility was of particular interest to Betty, who has been confined to a wheelchair for many years. Despite that challenge, she has been able to live, travel and participate in activities which in the past would have been beyond her capability.
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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), one [...]