Paul McKenzie, aka Macca, racked up over 6,000 kilometers driving around Australia’s east coast with a travel companion and his dog. He’s a C5-6 complete quadriplegic power wheelchair user, who does his own manual transfers (with his partner to assist when needed).…
Stanley, a tetraplegic from Singapore, never thought traveling was possible for him when he was new to his disability, but he quickly learned that his wheelchair didn’t have to stop him from seeing the world. Doing a dry run before…
During a road trip, avid traveler, Srin Madipalli stopped off at two cities in picturesque Portugal: Porto and Lisbon. His experience with wheelchair accessibility in both cities was very similar, and he’s shared the pros and cons of getting around…
“Life can be challenging when you are paralysed from the neck down,” Anthony shares. He was paralyzed in 1986 in a car accident at just 6 years old. “Since then, I have survived with artificial ventilation and 24 hour attendant…
Greg, a power wheelchair user from Australia, is a frequent traveler to Bali. “Flying domestically or international can be fraught with a number of issues, though with proper planning you can avoid some of these difficulties,” he shares. Getting into…
Following his third trip to Europe, world traveler and wheelchair user Joseph Visaggi put together a 14 minute video of all the accessible (and not so accessible) places he encountered during his six-country European tour. The video, which is made…
Airplane bathrooms are small, inconvenient, and they’re most definitely not made for people who use wheelchairs. Joseph, a paraplegic, has his own hack for using the airplane bathroom. https://youtu.be/bbfWIZm-P1c He boards and has a seat in the back of the plane. Once he…
Wheelchair users Joseph, Marcela, Maxime and Delphine demonstrate four ways paraplegics board an airplane. In the first video, watch as Joseph transfers from his wheelchair to an aisle chair provided by the airline. He is then rolled down the gangway and into the…
More and more of the world opens up to wheelchair users every year thanks to destinations who incorporate accessibility into their surroundings. Ten incredible wheelchair travel destinations: Playa del Carmen, Mexico – Here you can not only enjoy adaptive snorkeling, but you can…
“I like to get out from the City…I like to go to places where there are beaches and all that…It’s more relaxing. It enables me to explore a lot of things that I thought I couldn’t do.” After traveling to…