Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
and carry a repair kit. If you do not use a wheelchair all the time but your walking capabilities
are limited, remember that you are likely to need to cover greater distances while travelling
(often over rougher terrain and in hotter temperatures) than you are used to.
The following organizations can provide general advice, though little by way of specific ad-
vice on the country itself.
USEFUL CONTACTS
UK AND IRELAND
Tourism For All
Shap Road Industrial Estate, Shap Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 6NZ,
0845 124 9971,
tourismforall.org.uk
. Provides general advice and information for dis-
abled travellers.
Irish Wheelchair Association
Blackheath Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3 018 186400,
US AND CANADA
Access-Able
access-able.com
. Outdated, but still a good online resource for travellers
with disabilities.
Mobility International
451Broadway, Eugene, OR 97401, voice and TDD 541 343
1284,
miusa.org
. Information and referral services, access guides, tours and exchange
programmes.
Society for the Accessible Travel and Hospitality (SATH)
347 5th Ave, New York, NY
10016 212 447 7284,
sath.org
. Non-profit educational organization that has actively
represented travellers with disabilities since 1976.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
National Disability Services
P33 Thesiger Court, Deakin, ACT, 2600 02 6283 3200,
nds.org.au
.
Provides lists of travel agencies and tour operators for people with disabilities.
Disabled Persons
Assembly 4/173-175 Victoria St, Wellington, New Zealand 048
019100,
dpa.org.nz
. Resource centre with lists of travel agencies and tour operators for
people with disabilities.
