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Lived Experience: Learn Through Real Travels of Disabled Content Creators with Ardra Shephard

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Ardra Shephard, wearing a denim jacket and sunglasses, smiles while using a white rollator walker on a paved path beside a grassy hillside and city skyline.

Writer | Blogger | Social Media Creator | Advocate | Educator | Industry Professional

30,000 total followers

Ardra Shephard is an award-nominated author, writer, content creator, and advocate living with multiple sclerosis. She is the author of Fallosophy: My Trip Through Life with MS, host of the Tripping on Air podcast on AMI Audio, and host and creator of AMI-TV’s Fashion Dis.

Through her writing, social platforms, podcast, and television work, Ardra brings a candid, often humorous perspective to life and travel with MS. She’s bold, funny, and relatable and her work offers an authentic look at navigating the world with a disability, helping audiences understand both the challenges and possibilities of accessible travel.

With a community of more than 30,000 followers across platforms, Ardra reaches travelers and audiences interested in disability, accessibility, travel, fashion, and living well with MS.

See Ardra’s work in action through this YouTube interview

Destinations interested in working with Ardra to share authentic perspectives on accessible travel and experiences can connect with her through her blog Tripping on Air, or follow her on Instagram at @ms_trippingonair and Facebook at @trippingonair.

Lived Experience: Tara Shetterly on Accessible Travel and Disability Advocacy

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Tara Shetterly is a 22 year old social media creator, disability advocate, educator, certified occupational therapy assistant, and accessible tourist. Her ultimate goal is to create an accessible world for everyone to access the natural beauty of the world, from cities and parks to improved societal expectations of what’s “possible” from a wheelchair. 

@tara_shett

📣life doesn’t end when u become seated

🚷T11/12 paraplegic & hEDS

👩🏻‍🎓 certified OT assistant

📍Virginia Beach 

Total followers across platforms: 400,000

Get lost in the scroll checking out her viral IG reels where she takes you through cities, up mountains, and raises disability awareness. 

To work with Tara, email her at tarashett@kannco.com .

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