Month: October 2025

Cape Town for Disabled Travelers: Where the Mountain Meets the Sea

View of Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront at sunset, with Table Mountain glowing in the background. Boats are docked along the calm harbor waters, the Cape Wheel rises on the right, and the waterfront’s colorful buildings and restaurants reflect in the evening light.

Cape Town for Disabled Travelers: Where the Mountain Meets the Sea Cape Town for disabled travelers offers something rare — a city where the world feels both vast and intimate. The Atlantic crashes against boulders at Clifton while the slopes of Table Mountain dissolve into soft morning clouds. Between them lies a city alive with […]

Changi Airport’s New Calm Room Is a Beautiful Step Toward Truly Inclusive Travel

A young lady sits on a large padded step, in a soft padded room called 'The Den' in Changi Airport's Calm Room. The lighting is soft and the environment is tranquil. Perfect for neurodiverse travelers who wish to take a break from the chaos of an international airport.

Changi Airport’s New Calm Room Is a Beautiful Step Toward Truly Inclusive Travel Singapore’s Changi Airport has unveiled its first sensory-friendly Calm Room, and I can’t help but feel a genuine sense of joy seeing something like this take shape. As the father of an autistic child, I know just how valuable these kinds of […]

CAA Acts on Airline Wheelchair Damage in the UK

A man sits in a wheelchair and is pushed by an airport staff member. Meanwhile UK's Civil Aviation Authority propose new measures for avoiding wheelchair and mobility aid damages whilst flying.

CAA Launches UK Consultation on Airlines’ Mishandling of Wheelchairs and Mobility Aids For anyone who travels with a mobility aid, handing over your wheelchair at the airport can feel like surrendering a part of yourself. Too many of us have watched our independence disappear down a baggage belt, not knowing if our chair will arrive […]

Advocates condemn U.S. delay on new wheelchair protections for air travelers

A flight attendant wearing a protective mask stands in the aisle of a passenger aircraft, surrounded by seated travellers, illustrating the challenges wheelchair users face when flying as protections are delayed.

Advocates condemn U.S. delay on new wheelchair protections for air travelers Disability rights advocates have criticised a decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to delay enforcement of key wheelchair-travel protections for another 15 months, calling it a setback for passengers who rely on mobility devices and have long faced discrimination and damage to […]