TravelAbility Insider

The Intersection of Travel and Disability

Editorial

Unlocking the Key to Travel for Families with Autism

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Travel is particularly difficult for many families with autistic children. Learn how VillaKey, a Miami-based company, has created a trusted portfolio of autism-friendly vacation homes. READ MORE

Op-Ed: United Airlines Offers Seatback In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) That Is Truly Accessible

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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

The Tribulations of Travel with an Autistic Child

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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

New Emojis Can Help People With Disabilities Feel More A Part of the Smartphone World

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Unicode emoticons include a wheelchair and a guide dogThis 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