July 2026 TravelAbility Insider

This TravelAbility Insider brought to you by North Alabama’s Accessibility Page

Sponsored by North Alabama graphic showing the destination's accessibility webpage on a laptop, phone, and tablet, including a photo of a power wheelchair user viewing a waterfall, with the URL northalabama.org/accessible-north-alabama.

Three things we love about this page:

Clear direction from the main page to accessible options
Linked guaranteed accessible hotel bookings through Wheel the World
Includes event accessibility information

Accessibility Champions of Change: Disabled Travelers Shaping the Travel Industry

A diverse group of travelers with visible disabilities, including a wheelchair user, a woman with a white cane, and a man with a prosthetic leg, explores an ancient Roman amphitheater together.

Behind the scenes of the travel industry, are the disabled pioneers who are shaping change.

Accessibility Takes Flight: TravelAbility Film Festival Winners Now Streaming on United Airlines

A United Airlines seatback screen shows the "2025 TravelAbility Film Festival," an accessibility-focused video series, with a thumbnail of a wheelchair user and companions on a beach boardwalk, alongside an episode list including "Accessible Oregon Coast" and "Wetwheels."

Our inaugural film festival just hit cruising altitude! Next time you fly United, you can stream the winning films right from your seat.

Click Bait: Is Accessibility Being Used to Combat Negativity in Mainstream Media?

Newspaper headlines about accessibility law impacts and challenges

What does this shift in mainstream coverage mean for destinations?

A 100-Mile Test of Inclusive Wayfinding

Hiking partners Christy Vanek and Luce Martin pose inside a sunlit cave, with light beams cutting through the darkness around them.

Wayfinding in real life is shifting the landscape.

TBEX 2026 Shifts the Foundation for both Destinations and Travel Creators

Disabled travel creators share the TBEX opening keynote stage, with a guide dog resting nearby and live transcription running on the big screen.

Accessible is the new black, according to TBEX trendsetters.

Product Comparison: All-Terrain Wheelchairs for Trails and Parks

Four people using various adaptive wheelchairs on a rocky forest trail with one person assisting another

Find the right wheels for where the sidewalk ends.

Innovation of the Month: SignSafe Tech Translates Text to Speech

A park visitor scans the QR code on a community park rules sign with their smartphone, activating SignSafe's text-to-speech translation.

This QR code makes any sign accessible, in almost any language.

From TravelAbility 7.0: Accessibility Playbook and the AI Companion

A wheelchair user works at a desktop computer in a modern office, with a laptop displaying code beside him.

We’re still learning from last year’s summit. Check out these actionable insights.

Lived Experience: Navigating Airport Security While Blind with The Blind Blogger Maxwell Ivey

Visually impaired woman with sunglasses and cane guided by TSA officer with service dog at security checkpoint

Metal detectors, chemical explosives tests, the pat down, and the x-ray booth as a blind traveler.

One for the Books: The Smart Marketer’s Guide to Digital Accessibility

Cover of Sassy Wyatt's book The Smart Marketer's Guide to Digital Accessibility, illustrated with two people at a table, a guide dog underneath, and the tagline "How to make inclusion your advantage."

From the importance of alternative text for images, to the legal implications of non-compliance.

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