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Accessible Travel in Germany by Nicole Bosch
January 25, 2012
One day I was standing in Berlin, with my two small children. I waited for an hour for a taxi with two car seats. This was impossible to find, so I headed by foot to a hotel, where I had confirmed a reservation for a family room. When I arrived I found out that the [...]
Continue reading »Does the Transportation Safety Administration Care? We’ll Soon Find Out.
December 24, 2011
This year’s expected travel volume represents about 30% of the U.S. population according to an article published today in The Los Angeles Times. No doubt many of them will travel by air, and we all know how difficult is has been lately for people with disabilities. Now, just in time for the onslaught of Christmas [...]
Continue reading »How to Turn Travel Agents into Accessible Travel Advocates
December 19, 2011
I’ve often wondered why more travel agents don’t understand how serving the accessible travel market could increase their business. After all, 62 million Americans have some form of disability. That’s 20% of us. I guess many agents assume that we’re all poor and/or unwilling to subject ourselves to the stress of travel. Well, the facts [...]
Continue reading »Think you Have it Hard? Imagine Being Disabled in Africa
December 13, 2011
In this season, when people consider all the things they have to be thankful for, people with disabilities sometimes wonder if they have nothing much to give thanks for. But, things could be far worse. Recently America celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Its passage marks the general acceptance of the [...]
Continue reading »Help the Department of Transportation Get Air Travel Accessibility Right
December 1, 2011
I’m writing this post because we all have a stake in the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) efforts to maintain the rights of travelers with disabilities. There is a conversation currently taking place at Regulation Room http://regulationroom.org/, which is part of Cornell University’s e-Rulemaking Initiative. Regulation Room is an effort by DOT to: (1) alert the [...]
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