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Generally from what I’ve seen, the average American tends to say “Disabled Person,” arguably it’s an improvement over “The Handicapped,” which is seen as crude and insulting (Over the last decade or so even the “Handicapped Parking” signs have been traded out for “Disabled Parking,” I don’t remember exactly when I last saw the former).
Reply to Wheelchair damage on flights reporting
It looks like it’s from the Us Department of Transportation, here’s the Air Travel Consumer Report links on the official site:
https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/air-travel-consumer-reports
Only covers US-based Airlines (would like to compare these numbers against other countries airlines), but it is…
Reply to Wheelchair damage on flights reporting
My ’08 & ’10 flights to Japan I used a manual wheelchair, and luckily the stewardess told us to take all of the removable parts off and put them with our carry-on otherwise they would get lost. So, we did. I’m not sure how, or if, they strapped the rest of the chair down somehow but it seems that there were more scratches on the wheel…
Reply to Enjoy Yokohama's new accessible ropeway
The gondola looks a little tight for a wheelchair, but understandably so. Very cool that it is so accessible, I will definitely try it next time I’m there. Are tickets fairly inexpensive? 😃
Reply to Is it ”accessible tourism” or ”inclusive tourism”?
From having a construction design and Exceptional Student Education background (not to mention being a person living with a disability), and more recently working with Josh here, I’ve used these terms often. From my personal view, “Accessible” has seemingly been used more with disability-related websites in conjunction with tourism/travel…
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