Memberpieterghijsels
MemberFitness, indeed!
babajan and Josh Grisdale2 Comments-
I guess they make you climb back up? 😜
-
Haha
“The restroom has a high toilet and grab rails.”
View more comments-
Hahaha
That isn’t for real is it??- View 2 replies
-
That looks like the perfect toilet for spidey 😂
- View 1 reply
- View more comments
A recommendation in the latest UNWTO brochure about reopening tourism in covid19 times (https://www.accessibletourism.org/resources/reopening-guidelines-unwto-20200730.pdf) is to “restrict usage of accessible toilets to those who need them”. How should this goal be achieved, in your opinion?
Also, more generally speaking: should an accessible…
View more comments-
I have encountered that the accessible toilet is often closed – before Covid – and when you ask why the answer is “to keep it clean and avoid that others use it”, but the thing it that this way you have usually to go and search for the person who has the keys and it is not always easy or straightforward. And it takes away precious time. The… Read more
-
Yikes, a difficult question!
I know that some countries use a special key (UK, Aus., etc). This works for local residents, but can be a big issue for visitors from other countries (actually, I think there is a post about these keys on the forum) if they don’t know about the system or cannot get the key easily. This could be fixed by… Read more- View 8 replies
- View more comments
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:…
disabilityhorizons.com
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 comments-
totally understandable!
-
Interesting 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…
I will likely try a domestic trip first. But not yet. 😅- View 1 reply
- View more comments
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/
newmobility.com
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
- View 5 replies
-
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
- View 2 replies
- Load More
