Just listened to this podcast about Hiro Iwamoto, the first blind man to sail the Pacific nonstop.  Check it out!

https://pca.st/LZt5dA

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Hiro Iwamoto — the first blind man to sail the Pacific - Deep Dive from The Japan Times

Deep Dive is a podcast from the editorial department of The Japan Times, the most widely read English news source in Japan. The host for this biweekly show is Oscar Boyd, an editor and writer in the life and culture … Continue reading

Wow, this startup got nearly half a million for their accessible travel startup!
https://www.algemeiner.com/2019/08/25/traveling-is-hard-traveling-with-a-disability-is-harder-says-israeli-accessible-tourism-startup-ceo/

We were recently in a BBC news piece on preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics!

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-49434807/tokyo-paralympics-2020-will-tokyo-be-accessible-enough

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Tokyo 2020: Is Tokyo accessible enough?

Tokyo is set to host the next Paralympic Games in 2020 - but how accessible is the Japanese capital?

Sunday marks a year to go until the start of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, which run from Aug. 25 to Sept. 6, and Parsons, who took over as IPC president in 2017, is confident the Games will have a lasting impact beyond the 13 days of sporting action.

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201908220041.html