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A short but interesting read from John Morris.
What is it like where you live? Here in Japan they want to create a historically accurate reconstruction of Nagoya Castle… originally planned without an elevator. I can somewhat understand not damaging an actual old building, but this is just…
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Historic Buildings, Accessibility and a Lesson from the Ramps of Ancient Greece - Wheelchair Travel
New research suggests that Ancient Greece embraced limited aspects of inclusive design at an early stage of recorded history.
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Here is an article with more info on the temples – and apparently Athens had a welfare system! “Ancient Athens had a disability pension system—if you were disabled and couldn’t work as a result of your disability, you were entitled to maintenance from the city.”
https://gizmodo.com/sanctuary-temples-in-ancient-greece-had-accessibility-r-1844444752- View 1 reply
Really enjoyed this talk by my friend @bookman
Interesting to think about the connection between disability policy and tourism. In our case (Mark and I), the policy has a very direct connection with the tourism from the Olympics and Paralympics.
What about in your country?
Not sure how much you’ll like the outcome, but Disability Horizons just published the results of their survey about people with disabilities’ travel intentions and travel behavior considering the current pandemic:…
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Majority Of Disabled People Unhappy About Travelling During Covid-19
Our survey has found that 95% of disabled and chronically ill people won't travel abroad until we know more about Covid-19 or there is a vaccine. 49% are unhappy about holiday accommodation opening in the UK.
View more commentsInteresting about the accommodations. Which do you think would be better, hotels, or Airbnb-like privately owned places?
I would assume hotels would have stricter guidelines, but with many rooms there would also be the likelhood of hurrying and cutting corners…
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Thank you @JoshGrisdale for making me a coordinator! Super super honored and hope to contribute some useful content! here are some online resources (mostly free) that I have assembled in a microsite dedicated to accessibility trainings: https://accessibility.coach/
There will be more and more separate sections for specific sectors in the…
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HANDS-ON ACCESSIBILITY TRAININGS
Online trainings for tourism professionals to welcome guests with disabilities
Of course! You are a great leader in the field.
Thank you for sharing your new site! Please keep us posted in this group as well since I think many people will be interested!
Martin Heng wrote this thought-provoking article about inclusive versus accessible tourism. What do you think? https://www.newmobility.com/2020/07/big-ideas-in-travel-and-tourism/
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Big Ideas In Travel And Tourism
It’s Time To Move Beyond Access To Inclusion There’s been a lot of talk about “accessible tourism” lately, but is this the right term to use? As a wheelchair user, if somewhere — a cool bar, a significant monument, a … Continue reading
I’d actually go one step further than Heng here. We need not only inclusive tourism (that is, tourism developed in response to the needs of users with intersectional identities: gender, race, class, etc.) but also collaborative tourism. In other words, tourism where the guests who travel to and from particular destinations play a direct role… Read more
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To be the devil’s advocate… isn’t there a benefit to focusing on a specific aspect of inclusion (while still teaming up with other advocacy groups of course)?
For example, I know and can speak on accessibility (in a me-centric power wheelchair user perspective), but cannot speak on vegan travel or LGBTQ+ travel, etc. So, I can… Read more
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