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10 flying tips for amputees, worth a read before your next trip
Good piece over on Living With Amplitude featuring Jane Rogers, who started gathering flying tips after a rough first trip in a wheelchair. That included a stranger in the TSA line telling her off, and an airport worker accidentally tipping her out of her chair. She turned those experiences into a practical list.
A few that stood out:
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Carnival's Celebration Key just got sensory-inclusive certified
Carnival’s new private destination in Grand Bahama, Celebration Key, just earned KultureCity Sensory Inclusive certification. They timed the announcement to World Autism Acceptance Month. In practice that means sensory bags you can borrow, quiet spots scattered around the island, and somewhere north of 400 staff trained to help guests with…
I liked how on the Carnival Cruise I went on this summer had the KultureCity collab prominently displayed on their big screens by the pool and other places. What good are resources if no one knows about them? So I’m glad they advertised that
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Accessible Edinburgh weekend guide from The Independent
The Independent just published a solid guide to visiting Edinburgh as a wheelchair user, written by Carrie-Ann Lightly who’s been five times over the past 20 years.
Some useful details in there — Waverley station has a Changing Places toilet, the trams have level boarding, and Edinburgh Castle runs a mobility vehicle to get you up to the higher…
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An accessible guide to Edinburgh – the surprisingly wheelchair-friendly city
With its winding lanes and hidden closes, Scotland’s capital might not be the first destination that comes to mind for a wheelchair-friendly trip, though with the right planning it’s endlessly rewarding, says Carrie-Ann Lightly
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Great write up
US airports will be required to have adult changing tables, and they want your i
The US Access Board is working on standards for universal changing stations at airports. These are adult-sized changing tables in private rooms with enough space for a caregiver to help. Under the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act, all medium and large US airports will need at least one per terminal by 2030.
Right now they’re deciding what the…
Traveling with a companion - what's the hardest part to coordinate?
Planning a trip with a travel companion adds a whole layer of logistics that doesn’t come up much. Things like who pushes the chair vs. who handles the luggage, how you split up tasks at the airport, or figuring out hotel rooms that work for two people when one needs specific accessibility features.
And then there’s the money side – if…
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Whenever I travel with a companion, I always pay for their airfare, accommodation and food and drink, as they are an essential part of my ability to travel (I’m a wheelchair user who likes to be as independent as possible, but I know I can’t do everything myself, sadly 😥)
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