The Intersection of Travel and Disability
Justin Yarbrough (left) works as an accessibility specialist for Rio Salado College, an online community college based in Tempe, Arizona. His positive experience using IFE for the blind on United Airlines led him to ask: why can’t other airlines follow their lead? READ MORE
As part of her regular column, U.K.-based equal rights and accessibility campaigner Emma Spagnola (left) describes the experience of taking her six-year-old son Mason, who is autistic, abroad on holidays. Traveling with children is never easy but add the ‘A’ word onto that and it is incredibly hard, she says. Find out more about the hurdles that she faces. READ MORE
This month the Unicode Consortium released a 2019 update to their collection of emojis with some people, but not all, praising designers’ efforts to be more inclusive and diverse. The symbols, now ubiquitous in electronic messages, will be available on most platforms in the fall. Of the 230 just-released emojis, Unicode includes more options for people (of varying gender, skin and hair color) who use hearing devices, prosthetics, a white cane, guide dogs, service dogs, and wheelchairs, according to Forbes.com READ MORE
Our mission each month is making travel accessible and enjoyable for everyone. So busy with the holidays that you didn’t get to read our first Travelability Report? No problem, you can find it here.
Welcome and thanks for reading about making travel accessible and exciting for everyone. You can be sure this is a topic that is close to my heart. I write about the role of disabilities in the workplace for Forbes.com and cover wellness, mental health and learning disabilities in print and online. My book about raising quirky kids is titled The Elephant in the Playroom. Equally important is my favorite place to travel. That’s Fire Island, NY, where there are no cars—only the (mostly) quiet hum of families having fun. Spending time with my children and without the summer traffic that clogs New York City was pure heaven each summer, particularly for my son, who, as a young kid, had severe sensory issues. Safe travels and see you next month! In the meantime, find out more about our upcoming 2019 TravelAbility Summit in San Francisco —Denise Brodey
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