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Accessing New Zealand: part one
Have a disability and want to travel to New Zealand? Well you’re about read the adventures of Jasmine, who has Friedreich’s Ataxia and has come back to tell the tales! Find out how you too can take a trip to New Zealand.
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The endless possibilities of visiting Australia
Australia is a big country with many interesting places, things and animals to visit and see. This is why tourists enjoy heading down under so much. Another thing that makes Australia interesting for tourists is that the country welcomes everyone.
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Road Trips: How to Plan an Accessible Getaway
Planning an accessible road trip is getting a little easier for people with disabilities. There are more resources created by and for the disability community, and the tourism industry is starting to recognize the value of accessible travel. As a disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent person, I take road trips every year and have learned some…
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People with dementia to travel to Bali for five days respite for less than $2000
Innovative dementia care and disability provider Community Home Australia (CHA), which operates the Kambera dementia care home for under 65s in Canberra, has finalised the $1.1 million purchase of Aashaya Jasri, a 3.5-star Bali resort in Indonesia that has nine villas set around an inground swimming pool and caters for up to 20 guests. The CHA International Resort,…
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Anwen tried to book a work trip with Qantas. What followed was ‘a dog’s breakfast’
In short: Qantas has been slammed over its treatment of a woman with disability who was trying to get from Perth to Canberra for a work trip.The airline has apologised and issued a partial refund. It comes amid a review into the polices guiding the aviation sector and after the ABC heard hundreds of stories…
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What I learnt from travelling solo for the first time since becoming disabled
April 4, 2024 — 5.00am April 4, 2024 — 5.00amNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeIt was just like any other solo trip I had taken before. My carry-on backpack was bursting at the seams (a ruthless middle finger to airline baggage limits) and my insatiable itch to just go was akin to a…
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ICC Sydney leads the way launches Inaugural Disability Inclusion Action Plan on World Autism Awareness Day – Travel And Tour World
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Fight for wheelchair rules to change on Aus domestic flights
Preparing to board a flight with her motorised wheelchair — just as she had months before — Australian Emma Weatherley was told it couldn’t be transported.The 43-year-old has facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, or FSHD, a cruel and degenerative disease that results in a person’s muscles wasting away.She was diagnosed at 28, and she has used a…
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I was stranded in a wheelchair at the airport. Something’s finally being done
March 26, 2024 — 5.00am March 26, 2024 — 5.00amNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAfter an arduous 18 months, it’s time to farewell Wanda.This is the nickname for the lightweight wheelchair that ferried me around while living with a “dynamic disability” as part of long COVID. While I was grateful for the mobility,…
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‘The cabin manager rolled their eyes’: Disability advocate says he was ‘patronised’ on Virgin Australia flight
In short: A disability advocate says he was treated poorly by cabin crew and ground staff while travelling with Virgin Australia last week.Shane Hyrhorec says he felt patronised by staff.What’s next? Virgin Australia says crew ‘followed procedure’ but it has reached out to Mr Hryhorec to apologise. An Adelaide disability advocate says he felt “embarrassed” and “shocked” while travelling with…