Talk:Travellers with disabilities

Wheelchair-accessible POIs

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In Japan, HEART BARRIER finds and classifies restaurants/etc that are accessible to wheelchairs, gathering data about its slopes width/steepness/etc. That could be useful. In the future we could to try to have at least one wheelchair-accessible restaurant in each article (where such a place exist at all), or something in this spirit. Meanwhile, how about an article that gathers such efforts, for example HEART BARRIER in Japan, XYZ in another country, etc? Do you know any similar classification efforts in other countries? Nicolas1981 (talk) 03:16, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

In Germany there is the Wheelmap.org. Wheelmap.org is an initiative of SOZIALHELDEN e.V., a German non-profit association. All relevant OpenstreetMap POI's are registered in a dynamic map and classified, for all countries worldwide. The POI's are color-coded. Not yet reviewed (gray) POI may be classified online. -- Joachim Mey2008 (talk) 05:41, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Do we have any articles about traveling for those in wheelchairs or with other handicaps that affect travel, such as blind travel? I actually think it would be useful to have an icon or (Wheelchair accessible)=Accessible/Not Accessible/Limited Access/Partial Access/(whatever we deem most useful) as part of the information to fill in along with the other information (price, lat/long, hours, etc). It would definitely put our site above most others for handicap travelers. ChubbyWimbus (talk) 05:48, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

I find Travellers with disabilities, which is a barely-begun outline, and Disabled travel in South Africa, which is quite a lot better. I certainly support any such article. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:06, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

UK Guide...

Should this be linked?

https://www.visitbritainshop.com/world/articles/disabled-travel-guide/

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:41, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Incontinence

Okay so it might be embarrassing to talk about, but this IS something that affects older travellers. No mention of it here? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:51, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

You know the deal: If you want something mentioned and it's not there, plunge forward if you have the time. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:27, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

That might be better placed in Senior travel if age is the predominant factor over having a disability. ChubbyWimbus (talk) 13:53, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

What about less severe moving impairment, also common for elderly? Incontinence, like moving impairment, is more common among elderly, but not confined to them. It is not self-evident that people in the one group should look in the article for the other group, so linking is necessary unless we want to double the information. If we link, does that change what the more natural place to look for the information is? --LPfi (talk) 10:06, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

FYI: ​​How my rare disability changed the way I look at travel

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https://www.cntraveller.com/article/how-my-rare-disability-changed-the-way-i-look-at-travel —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:12, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

That was an interesting article. thanks. Ground Zero (talk) 18:33, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Nonspeaking and nonverbal travellers

This article needs a section on nonspeaking and nonverbal travellers. I am personally unfamiliar with the subject but I feel there are those here who may have more helpful words than me. I'm not very familiar with the terminology (whether there is a difference between these terms and whether one is more appropriate than another) or advice on the subject, but I do know that nonspeaking and nonverbal travellers do face a number of unique challenges that would be worth discussing in this article, especially when related to a condition such as aphasia, apraxia, or autism. Bernardgeorgeh (talk) 00:58, 11 May 2024 (UTC)