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Provides information about: disabled travel, wheelchair travel, disabled holidays, disability travel, handicapped travel, accessible travel, accessable travel, vacations for disabled, mature travel.

United Spinal Association has released an updated version of the Accessible Air Travelâ€" A Guide for People With Disabilities. The revised edition includes expanded regulations for the Air Carrier Access Act. This is the law that mandates air travel accessibility for people with disabilities. Our revised edition includes the new regulations that take affect on May 13, 2009. This helpful booklet informs individuals with disabilities of their rights as passengers on commercial airlines and how to adequately prepare to ensure their air travel experience is enjoyable. It also provides valuable insight on a multitude of air carrier procedures, such as information about requirements for foreign airlines, what to expect in terms of equipment liability, how to file a complaint, and airport screening requirements.

Consumer oriented magazine about accessible travel. Primary focus is travel for people with mobility disabilities; everybody from wheelchair-users to slow walkers. Lots of access information, resources, news and travel tips.

Gimp-on-the-Go Disabilities Travel Publication

Web site that lists travel and adventure opportunities all over North America and the rest of the world. Resources include attractions, activities, locations, an extensive list of books, magazines and videotapes, travel gear, etc.

Manufacturer of quality, high performance mobility products including Jazzy Power Chairs, Scooters, Go-Go Travel Mobility Products, Lift Chairs and Silver Star Vehicle Lifts

Accessible Journeys - making the world more accessible - Summary of Air Carrier Access Act

has developed innovative technology enabling hands-free device control and communications in noisy environments. This patented technology uses an in-ear microphone that captures sounds that travel back into the ear canal. We then use proprietary speech algorithms, including a speech recognition engine, to process this signal and recognized commands are sent to the unmanned system. Along with hands-free, heads-up device control capabilities, TAM has also created acoustic echo cancellation, ambient noise reduction, and signal processing algorithms to enable its technology to be used in a communications headset. Think-A-Move has also performed pioneering research to be able to use tongue movement for device control

Many families raising a non-ambulatory child face the challenge of finding appropriate transportation when their child becomes wheelchair-dependent and can no longer be transported in a car seat. Parents struggle with questions of where to find financing, what vehicle to choose and what modifications are needed. The process can be overwhelming, but we have some suggested questions to ask and what to look for as you begin your search.

Aviation Consumer Protection and Enforcement U.S. Department of Transportation - The Air Carrir Acces Act" - The Air Carrier Access Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in air travel. The Department of Transportation has a rule defining the rights of passengers and the obligations of airlines under this law. This rule applies to all flights of U.S. airlines, and to flights to or from the United States by foreign airlines. The following is a summary of the main points of the DOT rule (Title 14 CFR Part 382).

Since opening our doors more than 18 years ago, we've continued to explore new ways to give our customers the freedom to experience, explore and enjoy an active, mobile lifestyle. Our efforts have produced the most reliable, highest quality and most easily accessible transportation in the world.