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I’ve seen some traditional mountain cities like Shirakawa-go online, I think it could be cool to visit them even if I couldn’t get in the buildings (I like architecture, so even the outside could be interesting). Though I hope there will be accessible places to eat local foods because from what I’ve seen, the food can be amazing and different…
Reply to Nice accessible tour options for Seoul.
Definitely, it beats transferring to the seat of a taxi or rental car and uncomfortably trying to look out the window.
Josh GrisdaleNice accessible tour options for Seoul.
This is pretty cool to see for accessible Seoul tours:
http://www.seouldanurim.net/en/index
Seoul Tourism Organization is doing a nice job of pushing for accessible travel in Seoul, Korea. Also, various options is nice to see in case you just want to see places with a small group of friends instead of on a large tour bus. If I’m in the area…
tabifolkReply to ”Person with an Impairment"
Thank you for sharing your perspective. 🙂 I wondered if there was similar distinctions between people living with different hearing challenges. I guess it is a similar struggle, but it’s also nice to see the culture bloom from it and hopefully help raise each other up in the process.
Reply to ”Person with an Impairment"
Likewise to what Josh said, I wasn’t sure if people living with hearing impairments saw the word “Deaf” as a positive term. It is interesting to see the word integrated into the culture. I saw this a bit when I was researching for the article I wrote on Accessible Japan (Starbucks: A Sign of Change, and Understanding in Sign, link below) but…
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