Disability should not stop you from traveling, but a chance to try different travel options. The three key challenges to travel with disability are, transport, toilets and accommodations.
When you are traveling with a disability or traveling with someone with a disability, the most important thing for a smooth vacation is correct planning. Don't go overboard and plan your holiday down to the last minute, but all your accommodation and transport should be booked before you leave home.
You should research the accessibility of your transport and accommodation options, and also for the activities you are planning. Ask questions about access to buildings, the number of steps, how wide are the doorways and lifts and is there easy access from the car park. And for your accommodation, off course ask whether there are disabled toilets and showers, and if there is enough space in your room for a wheelchair.
- Plan your trip well in advance! Do you need to order extra supplements, medications or renew prescriptions, fix eyeglasses or change prescriptions, get a physical, have dental work done, have your wheelchair fixed or tuned up and more.
- If possible, always book your travel through an agency that specializes in helping people with disabilities. This is important because specialized travel agents and tour operators for the disabled are experienced and can save you some awful headaches.
- When traveling to another city, check out the local health and medical associations before you go.
- If you need oxygen or any other special medical equipment, call airlines and suppliers well In advance for your trip. Don't wait until the last minute. Start calling them as soon as you're going to be traveling or taking a trip
- Arrive early at the airport. It's better to wait around there than miss you plane. This will eliminate some of the of the pre trip anxiety you might feel and make for more leisurely travel. This seems like common knowledge but many people still arrive at the gate just in the nick of time.
- When you travel, and for any other time too, if you take medications, learn their names and exactly what they're for if you don't know. People come into the emergency room all the time and don't know what medications they're taking.
It doesn’t mean that you are disabled person you have no chance to travel. Of course there are many ways to make this travel easier for you, you just need to plan and ask for help with your family or friends they can help you go to the place you want to visit.