Dignity Travel offers “Easy and Accessible” tours around the world. Kristin wrote that “I went on a guided tour to Iceland with… [them]…. and it was excellent. It was 100% wheelchair accessible and great for slow walkers. They even provided a wheelchair for me as I was a slow walker with endurance issues. I would recommend them to anyone looking to travel with a small group. They do trips all over the world that change from year to year but also have yearly trips to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands.” Here is their website.
Category: Adventure
Society for Accessible Travel and Hospitality
Society for Accessible Travel and Hospitality Here is an amazing list of over 40 websites addressing the needs of disabled travelers.
Outdoors for All
Outdoors For All is a Seattle-based nonprofit organization “providing year round instruction in outdoor recreation for people with physical, developmental, and sensory disabilities since 1979. Outdoors for All’s year round programming includes snowboarding, snowshoeing, cross country and downhill skiing, cycling, hiking, river rafting, canoeing and kayaking, day camps, water skiing, rock-climbing, camping and Custom Events.”
Massachusetts Activities
Adaptive Kayaking with Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Soldiers to Summits
Soldiers to Summits is a program of No Barriers Soldiers, which is part of No Barriers USA. They help veterans with a wide range of disabilities from PTSD and TBI to amputations. “Our programs permanently impact lives by helping disabled members of all military branches tackle personal challenges. Mountains serve as both metaphor and training ground for stretching goals, building world-class teams, innovating through adversity and stepping up to lead and serve others….”