The point about assistant dogs not being allowed off at ANY port was very interesting. Not something I had thought about!

I guess it has to do with animal quarantine?

Accessibility / diversity training has been required for transportation/public entities for a while and I have actually conducted it for an airport bus company. There was no set curriculum, and it was mostly left to me with the company asking I focus on the perspective of an international traveler. Then they only had to submit that staff…

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While he isn’t on TabiFolk, you may want to get in touch with Tony the Traveller. He has been around the world (many times over!) and is blind. He also likes extreme stuff like white water rafting, so rollercoasters are also likely up his ally. Maybe he can help?

Here is his website: https://www.tonythetraveller.com/

Hi,

Since you mentioned the tenji blocks, you can read about them on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile_paving. And the guy who invented them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiichi_Miyake

Another great thing here are the toilets: https://www.accessible-japan.com/accessible-toilets-in-japan/

For an example of an accessible bath,…

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