“I’m in love with cities I’ve by no means been to and other people I’ve by no means met.” — Melody Truong
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Final week, my pal Francisco Gonzalez — CEO of Fearless Journeys and a visiting professor at Francisco Marroquín College in Guatemala Metropolis — shared a hyperlink to a podcast the place he mentioned his new ebook, The American Dream Is A Horrible Factor To Waste: 100 Brokers Of Innovation Share Their Fearless Journeys In Right this moment’s Financial system. I’m one of many “brokers of innovation” profiled within the ebook, and he gave me a shout out on the podcast.
The podcast was partaking and left me interested by just a few issues associated to accessible journey — specifically, what evokes us to journey, confronting concern of the unknown, and the tales all of us should share. I wrote about that at some size right here: My Worry(much less) Journey: 3 Reflections After 10 Years of Accessible Journey. I believe you’ll prefer it, give it a learn!
In celebration of the tenth annual Boston Design Week, the Institute for Human Centered Design held an open home at their Boston headquarters.
The occasion featured an interview with Coco Raynes, an award-winning designer whose work has had a major and constructive impression on accessibility. I used to be delighted to attend the discuss and introduced my copy of her unimaginable ebook, Coco Raynes: 50 Years of Design Evolution, to the signing that adopted.
“You must write a ebook.” I hear this no less than as soon as per week, oftentimes from folks I’ve simply met. I haven’t written a ebook, not as a result of I’m reluctant to jot down (the tens of millions of phrases on WheelchairTravel.org would fill a number of volumes), however as a result of I can’t determine the place to start!
seventeenth century French mathematician and thinker Blaise Pascal found the reply to my conundrum centuries in the past when he mentioned, “The very last thing one settles in writing a ebook is what one ought to put in first.”
And so, setting apart the opening chapter for now, my (hopefully fearless) journey of book-authoring will begin with a deal with particular person tales — and, as I write, I’d wish to share a few of these tales with you. You’ll be able to assist this endeavor and observe my book-writing journey by upgrading to a premium publication subscription.
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I’ve been caught at house in Boston for a bit, however am at the moment finalizing plans to go to just a few cities on the East Coast and have simply began planning a return journey to this week’s featured vacation spot (scroll all the way down to see why). Thanks in your readership and for following together with my accessible adventures!
Take care,
John Morris
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Wheelchair accessibility overview of Fiji Airways Airbus A350 enterprise class from Nadi to LAX plus accessible bathroom, inflight eating and extra.
Rise up to hurry on the most recent tales on the planet of accessible journey, together with a landmark settlement to make NYC subway stations accessible, a lodge that takes disability-inclusive hiring severely and extra.
As automobiles with autonomous driving functionality acquire wider adoption, you will need to be sure that these platforms are wheelchair accessible.
I used to be lately out there for a brand new transportable wheelchair ramp to help my travels (and visits to my associates’ houses), and thought you would possibly profit from my analysis — listed below are 5 nice ramps that I thought-about earlier than making a purchase order.
Berlin is a really accessible metropolis, and a incredible place to trip, however one among its most famed vacationer points of interest is about to shut — for 14 years!
Museum Island, positioned on the coronary heart of Berlin’s historic metropolis heart on the Spree River, is a UNESCO World Heritage Web site and residential to five of the world’s most revered museums. The star attraction, the Pergamon Museum, homes priceless archaeological artifacts such because the Ishtar Gate from Babylon (575 BC), the Pergamon Altar (180-160 BC), and the Market Gate of Miletus (100 AD).
In response to “urgently essential rehabilitation” to deal with “the steadiness of the constructing and the protection of the displays,” the Pergamon Museum will shut fully to guests on October 23, 2023. The in depth building is deliberate to be accomplished over a interval of 14 years, with reopening of the museum and all of its displays set for 2037. If you happen to’d wish to plan a visit to benefit from the museum upfront of its long-term closure, take a look at my free Berlin Wheelchair Accessible Journey Information. Right here’s a few of what you’ll discover inside:
The brand-new Open Your World t-shirt will make for a pointy addition to your wardrobe — it’s a t-shirt made for everybody, accessible in a number of colours and an prolonged vary of sizes, from XS to 5XL!
These common articles appeared in a earlier publication — should you haven’t taken a glance but, give them a learn!
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