Earlier this year, TravelAbility partnered with Design Sensory to release the new “Explorable” Podcast, a podcast about travel, disability and inclusion.
Explorable is co-hosted by Josh Loebner, disability advocate and Director of Strategy at marketing agency Designsensory, and Toby Willis, Senior Product Manager at Expedia Group. Josh and Toby are both blind, members of the TravelAbility Advisory Board and, most importantly, obsessed with everything about accessible travel.
Each podcast features guests who are advocates and allies of tourism, destinations and disability who discuss how they’re traveling the world, the obstacles they face, and how we can change it for the better to make each journey more explorable.
Episode 1: John Morris, Founder, WheelchairTravel.org
In this episode, Josh and Toby welcome the founder of WheelchairTravel.org, John Morris, a triple amputee, wheelchair user, explorer and global advocate for diversity and inclusion.
Episode 2: Jake Steinman, Founder, TravelAbility Summit
In episode 2, we hear from the founder of TravelAbility Summit, Jake Steinman. The TravelAbility Summit is the tourism industry’s premier event for disability insights and a resource for tips, training and information connecting destinations with disability. Find out how Jake unexpectedly connected with disabled travelers and why he launched the summit.
Episode 3: Rosemarie Rosetti, Ph.D. talks about accessible design
In episode 3, Rosemarie Rossetti, PhD, joins Josh and Toby to talk about universal design. Find out what it is, why it’s important to travel and tourism, and learn some simple steps to bring universal design into your home, hotel or business. Rosemarie is a powerful, internationally known speaker, trainer, consultant and author of the Universal Design Toolkit. She built, and lives in, the Universal Design Living Laboratory.
Episode 4: Craig Kennedy, Program Coordinator and Lead Trainer at Open Doors Organization
We’ve got a high-impact, high-energy episode with Craig Kennedy, who will share loads of powerful data and positive stories of disability inclusion. Listen and find out why tourism organizations, airlines, large corporations and others across the globe turn to the Open Doors Organization to reach and serve the disability market through research, training and guidance.
Episode 5: JoAnna Hunt, Manager, Kindle Accessibility Engineering Team, Amazon
In this episode of Explorable, Amazon’s Manager of the Kindle Accessibility Engineering Team, JoAnna Hunt, shares personal stories and the powerful commitment to e-reader accessibility.
Episode 6: Mark Jones, Manager, Accessibility and Guest Services, Walt Disney World
How explorable is Walt Disney World for people with disabilities? Find out about the accessibility innovations and disability commitments at the Walt Disney World Resort from Mark Jones, Manager of Accessibility and Services for Guests with Disabilities. Mark shares how his personal ties to disability and a college internship at Walt Disney World led him on an amazing journey to the most magical place on earth.
Episode 7: Verity Ayling-Smith & Veronica Velazquez discuss the 2020 Disability Inclusion Travel Report
Verity Ayling-Smith, Training and Consultancy Advisor with the Leonard Cheshire Organization and Veronica Velazquez, Senior Manager, Inclusion & Diversity at Expedia Group, discuss their connections to disability and key insights from the just released disability inclusion travel report Breaking Barriers in Travel.
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