Travelers with disabilities say obstacles starting to fall
April 25th, 2008But that’s not to say it’s easy
The [Toronto] Globe and Mail offers an extended feature on travel for people with disabilities, including tips and websites with information for prospective travelers.
Quebec’s Kéroul, a non-profit organization dedicated to accessible tourism, says people with disabilities are just as likely to travel as the rest of the population, with more than half of the 4.2 million in Canada taking at least one overnight trip a year.
“It’s a normal thing to do for everybody. People with disabilities are the same as everybody else in the sense that it is important for them to experience what this life and this world have to offer, and travel is a big part of that,” says Ray Cohen, publisher and editor-in-chief of Abilities Magazine.
But although the “world is in transition,” he says, the visually impaired or physically disabled are still encountering problems everywhere from buses to train station washrooms to airplanes. “These are issues that people with disabilities cannot take for granted because it means the difference of being able to go someplace or not.”
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