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TRAVEL - USA
ACCESS GUIDES ACCOMODATION COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS SOCIAL MEDIA
| For years, access to the nation’s air travel system for persons with disabilities was an area of substantial dissatisfaction, with both passengers and the airline industry recognizing the need for major improvement. In 1986 Congress passed the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA), requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop a new regulation which ensures that persons with disabilities will be treated without discrimination in a way consistent with the safe carriage of all passengers. |
| Our goal is to provide safe, efficient and comfortable service to all of our passengers. We are pleased to provide additional services to passengers with disabilities. Amtrak supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and we have worked to make our facilities more accessible to customers with disabilities. |
| Amtrak offers a 15% rail fare discount to adult passengers with a disability. Passengers with a disability travelling on Downeaster trains (Boston, MA to Portland, ME) are eligible for a 50% discount. Child passengers with a disability are eligible for the everyday 50% child discount plus an additional 15% off the discounted child's fare, regardless of the service on which they travel.
Amtrak also offers a 15% discount for persons traveling with a passenger with a disability as a companion. Those designated as companions must be 18 years of age or older.
Just select 'Passenger with Disability' or 'Companion' for each passenger as appropriate in Fare Finder at the beginning of your search and to receive the applicable discounts. |
| National Parks in the USA for Wheelers and slow walkers |
| Lots of information about accessible travel, especially in the USA, links to other sites, accommodation, national parks, museums |
| The National Park Service (NPS) in the USA has a website with links to lots of National Parks, like the Golden Gate National Park and Yosemite National Park. These in turn have links to more detailed information. |
| Wheelchairs on the Go: Accessible Fun in Florida
is Florida's only access guide for visitors and residents who use canes, walkers or wheelchairs or simply can't walk far. |
| California's spectacular coast offers many outdoor adventures for wheelchair riders, parents pushing strollers, and others who need accessibility features such as a wide, fairly level and firm path of travel. This guide can help you choose the destinations that suit your needs from among the coast's many wheelchair-accessible parks, trails, beaches, viewpoints, and other sites of interest. |
| Accessible accommodation in The United States. |
| Wheelchair accessible condo located on the beach of Maui which has a roll in shower and is set up by a C 5/6 quad. Website has useful info on accessible activities and disability support services |
| SunSet Pines Resort, LLC is a fully accessible year-round resort, nestled in the rural Wisconsin farm countryside.Our mission is to provide a relaxing worry-free getaway, without the hassles of accessibility, for travelers with or without a disablilty. |
| Sunshine helicopter trips come recommended by a local wheelchair-user(C5/6 quad' SCI)as they have a lift to get you inside, as seen in photo left. |
| Wheelchair Getaways, Inc. provides wheelchair accessible van rentals for people with disabilities. |
| Access Ability Wisconsin, Inc., (AAW) is a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating and providing the means for individuals with mobility challenges to access and enjoy Wisconsin 's natural resources.
AAW's objective is to provide recreational opportunities for physically challenged people, including wheelchair users, who want to enjoy the Wisconsin outdoors.
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| The mission of Access Anything is to improve the quality of life for millions of people living with disabilities in the United States and around the world by encouraging them to enjoy life to its fullest through the sense of freedom provided by travel, adventure, and a "never give up" attitude. It is our vision to spread awareness concerning the need for better accessibility by writing guidebooks and articles for people with disabilities, consulting with travelers and industry professionals on improvements in this industry, and establishing a common ground where people and information can come together and work to expand the rapidly growing adaptive travel industry through motivational speaking and general educating.
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| Proud founding chapter of Disabled Sports USA. Achieve Tahoe provides winter and summer sports instruction at all ability levels for adults and children with disabilities. By engaging our participants in healthy activity and encouraging exploration of new capabilities, our programs create opportunities for achievement in sports that carry through to other areas in life. |
| BORP offers year-round sports and recreation programs serving a wide variety of ages, interests, and abilities. Another reason to visit San Francisco! Lots of programs for all ages for people with various disabilities. |
| People IN Chairs Transportation (formerly Mobility Air Transport) is dedicated to providing air travel for people who use wheelchairs, but cannot or do not fly on commercial airlines. Our fares will be priced comparable to standard airline coach fares. People IN Chairs Transportation, as a non-profit organization, will rely on the generous giving of your thoughts, time, information, and financial support.
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| Located in the heart of the Village of Fairport, just 10 minutes east of the City of Rochester, The Erie Canal Boat Company
offers customers of all ability, a relaxing Paddle, Peddle, or Pontoon Boat Rental on the Historic Erie Canal Waterway. |
| The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has established a toll-free hotline to assist travelers with disabilities. |
| At first this site was just going to be about travelling to the USA but then I started to think about people travelling to Australia that may benefit from some of our experiences locally. It may be useful to those travelling from interstate or even help Sydneysiders discover a new spot to have fun as a family. |
| Theme park and splash park created for special needs families. We readily provide free admission for serious, long-term physical and cognitive disabilities such as Down Syndrome, deafness, blindness, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida, autism (including Asperger Syndrome), orthopedic impairment, muscular dystrophy, seizure disorder (including epilepsy), sensory integration disorder, Tourette Syndrome, etc. |
| Making challenge course programs accessible for participants with disabilities. With the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, adventure learning programs and challenge courses are required to make their programs accessible to all participants, regardless of their physical or emotional ability.
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| Here at Shared Adventures, we get people outdoors and moving beyond limitation. A non-profit organization dedicated to improving quality of life for those with disabilities, we believe that recreation, fun, challenge, and access to the outdoors are essential to health and fulfillment. |
| Dan McDowell owner of the Last Frontiersman is the winner of numerous awards for his wheelchair accessible boats, I encourage you if you plan to visit the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska to give Dan a call. Great local accommodations and plenty to do and very easy to get to and from Anchorage, AK. Having fished with Dan both during the Classic and other times I highly recommend his services. Doug |
| At Travability we are dedicated to providing accessibility information for the Worlds best travel destinations. We have a simple belief that the world should be open to be enjoyed by everyone regardless of their mobility. In years of travelling we know of hundreds of destinations that are fully accessible and it is our intention to bring as many of them as we can to this information site. |
| This has been prepared by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs to provide general information for persons with disabilities who plan to travel abroad. |
| Inns and B&Bs for Wheelers and Slow Walkers
The first guidebook devoted entirely to accessible inns and B&Bs in USA. |
| Bringing People Together in the Wilderness.
Sharing outdoor adventure with everyone is our mission and our passion. WI offers a wide variety of canoe, sea kayak, dogsled, raft, horse pack and hiking trips throughout North America and the World. The unique thing about Wilderness Inquiry is that we make the outdoors accessible to everyone, including persons with disabilities. We hope to see you on the trail. |
| This guide is an invitation for locals and visitors with special needs to explore the sights, sounds and flavors that Santa Cruz County has to offer. |
| An American journey of Amputees, crossing the U.S. on bicycles, with skydives enroute to commemorate those unique individuals we meet along the way. |
| From our nation’s capital to the sunny beaches of California, the United States of America is packed with scenic and historic destinations suited to every whim you can imagine. This month we make our way from coast to coast, exploring five unique, accessible, affordable places you’ll want to visit on your next vacation.
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| Though the United States as a whole is generally one of the leading countries in terms of accessibility, it’s no secret that some cities are much more wheelchair friendly than others. So, which are the most wheelchair accessible cities in America?
Whether you’re looking for a place to vacation, a place to move, or looking for a model to follow to make your city more accessible, here are the 10 most wheelchair accessible cities in America. |
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