Travel and Destinations
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These web resources offer vacation and travel tips, information on destinations, and guidelines for travelers with disabilities, including people who are blind or visually impaired.
Full-Text Articles
Access-Able Travel Source
Access-Able Travel Source is dedicated to aiding travelers with disabilities and the mature traveler. The data base has not only accessible accommodations, but everything to make a trip fun and exciting. We have information about scuba diving for persons withall types of disabilities. There are accessible safaris, sailing, raft trips and even a place where you can learn to sky sail. The basis of Access-Able is to emphasize the positive. Includes information about transportation, accommodations, attractions, adventures, travel resources, equipment rental, repair, medical, travel agents, airports, and cruises.New Horizons: Information for the Air Traveler with a Disability (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
General advice from the Department of Transporation for planning and logistics; mainly addresses travelers with mobility impairments.Plane Talk: Passengers with Disabilities
The Department of Transportation outlines passengers' legal rights and airline responsibilities.Travel Guides
Travel Guides provides accurate and detailed travel information for persons with disabilities. We are opening doors to persons with hearing, visual, mobility, and cognitive disabilities so they can enjoy all that the world has to offer.Tips for Travelers with Disabilities
Tips for Travelers With Disabilities: This brochure has been prepared by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs to provide general information for persons with disabilities who plan to travel abroad.Transportation Security Administration
Guidelines for travelers with disabilities and medical conditions from the Transportation Security Administration.
Web-Based Organizations and Resources
Travel Consumer
Travelconsumer.com's mission is to provide travelers with a unique and valuable collection of resources, advice, great writing, and unbiased recommendations. Our Web-based discussion group provides an opportunity for travelers to share their adventures, joys, recommendations, and frustrations with each other.
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