Written by Julie Jones for Discover Tasmania, 2025 Julie Jones shares her family’s travel tips for wheelchair-accessible and inclusive experiences around Tasmania. As a family of four adults, it can be tricky to find a destination that satisfies our family’s individual interests. Add to that the need to find wheelchair-accessible places to stay, play and dine for […]
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Cruise reporting, practical access guidance, reader questions, and firsthand notes for traveling with confidence.
Say Hello, Seattle
Washington state’s historic city is a compact place to engage in the culture through food and drink, especially the seafood display. Parks, beaches, museums, craft beer, chocolate and a coffee culture is boasted about and rightly so! Written by Travel Without Limits Editorial Staff, 2025 You don’t have to go all the way to Oz […]
Her bedazzled cane helps her travel the world
Written by Kathleen Wong, USA Today, November 28, 2025 Blind singer Lachi calls it her “glam cane”: a colorful, bedazzled cane that helps her navigate her surroundings while also stylishly matching her outfits. Also known as a white cane — although hers are far more vibrant than that — the device gives Lachi autonomy when […]
Visitability: Allaina Humphreys’ Mission to Bring Fair Housing Standards to All
Written by Allaina Humpreys for Spinalpedia, November 12, 2025 It seems like a far off dream for wheelchair-users to live in a world where they can freely visit their neighbors and family and friends’ homes without a care about accessibility, but that reality exists in Bolingbrook, Illinois thanks to Visitability, a housing code ordinance that […]
How two Canadian war amputees shaped disability rights activism
Remembering early contributions to disability rights activism in Canadian history Written by Eric Story, Special to Western News, November 10, 2025 Perhaps you’ve heard the name John McCrae, the famous poet who wrote “In Flanders Fields.” But have you heard of George Hincks and Marshall McDougall? While conducting research on disabled veterans, I came across their names […]
Wisconsin friends team up to create disability justice zine
Written by Richelle Wilson, Wisconsin Public Radio, November 13, 2025 For artist and educator Emily Nott, who has had chronic migraines since she was 7 years old, learning about disability justice concepts was “life-affirming.” “Having ideas at my fingertips like spoon theory and bed activism were ways to not fold those experiences in on myself and hide them and feel […]