The End of Handing Over Your Wheelchair at the Plane Door Is in Sight
/ News & Opinion / The End of Handing Over Your Wheelchair at the Plane Door Is in Sight Boarding a flight as a wheelchair user has long meant handing over your independence at the door. Airbus is working to make that a thing of the past. For the longest time — decades, in fact […]
Why Romania Should Be Every Wheelchair Traveler’s Next European Adventure
Romania isn’t on most wheelchair travelers’ radar. It should be. A first-hand road trip experience of accessible travel through Transylvania and beyond, thanks to help from the wonderful folks at Accessible Romania by Sano Touring.
Accessible Los Angeles: An Ever-Expanding Guide to the City
Los Angeles has long captured the world’s imagination, and accessible Los Angeles is more within reach than you might think. This guide covers the best accessible things to see and do, where to stay, and how to get around the city with ease.
Milano Cortina 2026 Sets New Standard for Inclusive Winter Games
Milano Cortina 2026 has raised the bar for accessibility at major international sporting events — introducing historic new provisions for invisible and cognitive disabilities while leaving behind infrastructure upgrades that will benefit Italian communities for generations to come.
Something Unique and Accessible in Bahia, Brazil: The Sete Ilhas Archipelago
/ Brazil / Bahia / Things To Do / Something Unique and Accessible in Bahia, Brazil: The Sete Ilhas Archipelago Explore the river islands of Correntina, Bahia, where a series of wooden bridges leads you to natural pools and rapids that offer a refreshing, mostly wheelchair-accessible escape into nature. Submitted by Vanessa Reis When one […]
Why Accessible Tourism Is the Future of Travel and Why the Industry Isn’t Ready Yet.
/ Why Accessible Tourism Is the Future of Travel and Why the Industry Isn’t Ready Yet Accessible tourism represents a massive, underserved market, and the businesses that provide honest, practical accessibility information and support will earn the loyalty — and spending — of one of travel’s most valuable audiences. Accessible tourism isn’t a niche anymore. […]
Airlines Are Breaking Wheelchairs—And No One Is Stopping Them
/ Airlines Are Breaking Wheelchairs—And No One is Stopping Them Every year, U.S. airlines mishandle more than 11,000 wheelchairs and scooters. Behind that number are real people losing their mobility, their livelihoods, and their freedom — and the rules meant to protect them keep getting delayed. Table of Contents Can you imagine taking a flight, […]
You Know the Accessible Parking Struggle. Here’s an App That Actually Helps with It.
/ You Know the Accessible Parking Struggle. Here’s an App That Actually Helps with It. Handiplats maps over 100,000 accessible parking spaces across Europe and beyond. If you’ve ever arrived somewhere new and spent the first part of your day just trying to park, it might be exactly what you’ve been looking for. You don’t […]
“Excuse Me, Is This the Way to Paradise?”: 1,500km of Freedom on New Zealand’s South Island.
“Excuse Me, Is This the Way to Paradise?”: 1,500km of Freedom on New Zealand’s South Island. Speak to just about any traveler, and they’ll eventually reveal that New Zealand ranks either in their top five countries visited or dangerously high on their bucket list. This far-flung nation, perched on the edge of the earth and […]
Paris in a Wheelchair: Our Three Day Itinerary in the City of Love
Paris in a Wheelchair: Our Three-Day Itinerary in the City of Love Table of Contents A word to the wise: this blog post is incredibly long. My longest ever! I really enjoyed writing it, and I hope you will enjoy reading it. It felt a shame to cut bits out, and I wanted to be […]