Starbrite Traveler

Looking to help make traveling with children with special needs a little easier? Starbrite Traveler is an easily accessible, illustrated guide that gives families a well-organized travel resource. This guide shows you how to follow the 5 D’s of travel, Dream, Determine, Dry Run, Depart, and Destinations to plan an amazing trip for your family.

Want to check out this title? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Try Charleston!

Thinking about a vacation? Need one that's accessible? Think Charleston. According to Frommer's, not only is Charleston, South Carolina rich in Civil War history, it also has made a conscious effort to become wheelchair/stroller/slow walker-friendly.

Read more about this lovely vacation destination at: http://www.frommers.com/articles/7655.html

Mobile App Monday - Community Sidekick

Looking for a way to track the location of someone in your care who wants to be independent? Community Sidekick can help. This app sends an automated email message with a map link to show a person's location providing the caregiver a virtual tour of the trip. It also provides an easy way for the user to send a quick email message to the caregiver or person who is monitoring the trip.

To learn more about this app, visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/community-sidekick/id413107872?mt=8

Travel

Planning on traveling this holiday season? Need to find somewhere that is wheelchair accessible? The folks at Disaboom.com have put together some tips and hints to get the most out of your journey and your destinations. Check out the tons of articles they have at: http://www.disaboom.com/disability-travel

Whistler Resort and the Paralympics

Whistler Village, British Columbia is getting an accessibility makeover in preparation for the 2010 Paralympics. The village, which is a resort-style city, will be the site of the medal ceremony and other Olympic-related events.

Some of the upgrades include transportation improvements, with an addition of 21 new accessible vehicles to the public system, wheel-chair accessible taxi services, barrier-free pathways to get around the city, and the creation of a database of accessible lodging establishments.

For more information about the transformation, see the Able Traveler article on Whistler. For more information about barrier-free travel, see some of our past posts on the subject.

Accessible Travel

Looking forward to your summer vacations but dreading the hassle of travel? Good news--new access laws will make flying and booking hotels much easier for persons with disabilities. The policies include:

1) Non-US flights will abide by the ACAA.
2) Canadian airlines will offer free airfare for attendants of persons with severe disabilities. (First step Canada, next step...the world!)
3) Hotels.com will provide access details about rooms on their website.

You can read the original article here: http://www.frommers.com/rss/articles/6107.html

Want to read more about accessible travel? Check out these resources highlighted in a previous post.

Accessible Travel

for more information:

Harrington, C. (2008). 101 accessible vactions: Travel ideas for wheelers and slow-walkers. New York: Demos Medical Pub.

Online Resources:

http://del.icio.us/cedir/accessible_travel

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