This section includes travel magazines and books for people with special considerations needed for traveling.
Please include your own favorites under comments.
Emerging Horizons
Travel magazine focusing on travel for people with mobility disabilities - everybody from wheelchair-users to slow walkers. Features information on foreign and domestic destinations, accessible lodging lists, travel tips, resources, and lots of accessibility information - all with no advertising.
Barrier-Free Travel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers, Second Edition (Paperback)
Sierra Club-Easy Acces Natl Prk (Paperback)
A guide for intrepid travelers with physical limitations, this carefully-researched book has practical advice on planning safe and rewarding visits to fifty American parks, with in-depth descriptions of fifteen parks designated as "Best Visits" for their exceptional accessibility. Those with mobility problems, vision and hearing impairments, seniors, families with young children -- anyone looking for gentle, rewarding hiking and nature-observing opportunities in the U.S. will treasure this resource.
There Is Room at the Inn: Inns and B&Bs for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (Paperback)
A wonderful resource for travelers who use wheelchairs, scooters, or walkers, There Is Room at the Inn contains a delightful array of intimate, accessible lodgings throughout the nation. Grouped geographically by state, this guide features 118 lodgings in 40 states, ranging from Victorian inns and quaint B&Bs to mountain retreats, a dude ranch, and even two safari parks. Each profile includes the property's access details, with emphasis on features in the accessible guestrooms; comments from the innkeepers about access; and accessible sight-seeing suggestions. A handy checklist allows travelers to screen other potential choices. An additional chapter for innkeepers offers insight into this growing market and suggestions on making their property appeal to travelers with limited mobility.
Great American Vacations for Travelers with Disabilities: With Complete Accessibility Information on Hotels, Restaurants and Attractions
Fodor's guide covers 38 locations across the U.S., providing basic guide information in appealing prose on where to stay, eat, sightsee, play, hike, snorkel, and barhop, plus detailing access information for people with mobility problems and hearing and vision impairments. It's clear from the start that a lot of care has gone into making this a quality production, and it's reassuring to know that each site was checked out personally by someone who understands disability concerns.
Access Anything: Colorado: Adventuring With Disabilities (Access Anything) (Paperback)
Colorado is an adventure state, and it leads the country in accessible outdoor activities. Access Anything: Colorado will guide people with disabilities and their travel partners to some of the best places Colorado has to offer. Includes general travel tips and addresses the needs of travelers young to old, paraplegic to quadriplegic, in both manual and power chairs. From the most mobile to the least active person, this book will help readers decide where they can go and what they can do once they get there. Remember: The world is your oyster!
• All of the places mentioned in this book have been road-tested by the author, an avid wheelchair traveler, and his partner • Resources provided
About the Author
Craig P. Kennedy and Andrea C. Jehn are lifelong outdoor enthusiasts with voracious appetites for travel and recreation. After college, a skiing accident left Craig paralyzed. Making a critical decision to live life to its fullest, he decided to take advantage of his new situation and make a difference in the lives of millions of people with disabilities. Today Craig and Andrea combine their love for the outdoors and need to travel with an eagerness to help people realize their full potential. They live in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.