Surprisingly, much of the information available on the internet about accessible travel has been written by able-bodied people.

“There are no invalids in the U.S.S.R.!” These words were spoken in 1980 by a Soviet official who was asked if Russia would host the Paralympic Games.

Too often, the disabled are invisible to us. We are not ignoring their existence. They’re just not out with us in public. We can’t see what is not there.