I’m a triple amputee and energy wheelchair consumer and have crisscrossed the globe extra instances than I can rely. Airplane, practice, bus, boat, curler coaster, zip line, tuk-tuk, camel — you identify it, I’ve ridden it. My ardour is exploration and, as irritating as touring with a incapacity could be, I like nearly each minute of it.

Every now and then, readers share messages alongside the traces of “you make journey look really easy!” In some methods, it may be, and in others not. I believed I might replicate a bit on that right here, in a method that I hope you will discover helpful.

Although I’ve flown greater than 1,000,000 miles and visited 50+ nations as a wheelchair consumer, I had a primary journey as a wheelchair consumer too

Once I deliberate my first journey as a wheelchair consumer in 2014, I had no thought what was in retailer — although I had been a frequent traveler my complete life, touring with a incapacity could be very totally different and I knew nearly nothing about accessibility.

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