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On a Roll: Magazine Names TravelAbility Summit Board Member Cory Lee Woodard Person of the Year

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a picture of Cory Lee outside of the Taj Mahal
credit: Cory Lee Woodard

TravelAbility Summit Board Member Cory Lee Woodard was recently chosen as “Person of the Year” by New Mobility Magazine. Through his travel blog, Curb Free with Cory Lee, he has become the face (and heart) of accessible travel and we are honored to have him and his lived experience to help guide content for our events. In his spare time, Cory Lee is working on a 55-item bucket list that includes seeing the Superbowl and snorkeling the Great Reef Barrier in Australia. He recently crossed seeing the Taj Mahal off his list. Read more.

The City Where Spam, the Canned Delicacy, was founded is now “Autism-Friendly”

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Samuel Ehret (right) is an official “Spambassador”at the museum, a hot spot for tourists who have a fondness whose name conjures up anything but images of prime cut steaks or roasts. It is located in Austin, Minnesota, where Spam has been made by Hormel Foods for 81 years. Ehret is autistic, and he got this job because he loves all things Spam — its taste, its history, and especially the museum’s showpiece: a motorcycle that runs on bacon grease. He also got the job because Austin is an autism-friendly town. A decade ago, it became one of the first in the country to launch a community-wide effort both to reduce the disorder’s stigma and make local businesses aware of the special needs of autistic customers. For more, click here.