As I've learnt by listening over the years to one of our guests, one in five travellers have a disability. That's a high percentage and I guess that means there's a good number of my listeners who travel with a disability, or have a family member or friend in their travelling group with a disability. This is important stuff!

In Episode 191 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, I chat with three people on this subject. First up, I have a great chat with Seana Smith who describes the development of her son and his travels over the years. He was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of three, but is now an adult, and Seana tells me how his experience with travel has changed. Let's just say there's a heavy metal festival involved!

Next I speak with Suzanne Kamata, who has travelled many times with her now adult daughter, a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy and a love of France (and travelling in general).

Finally, I wanted to get Julie Jones back on to speak about a magazine she's started since we last chatted on the podcast several years ago, called Travel Without Limits. It's Australia's first disability-specific travel magazine and it's awesome!

Links:
Episode 53 - Travel with disability and chronic illness - https://notaballerina.com/53
Support the podcast via Patreon - https://www.notaballerina.com/support
Suchita’s adventures in Bali - https://littlebodyhugelife.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/adventures-at-the-klung-kung-markets/
Jen's post about travelling to Cambodia - https://www.notaballerina.com/2018/10/travelling-to-cambodia-autism-spectrum.html 
Seana Smith - Hello Sydney Kids - https://www.hellosydneykids.com.au/
Suzanne Kamata - http://www.suzannekamata.com/
Suzanne’s book, Squeaky Wheels - https://amzn.to/2qPbCNQ
Julie’s blog Have Wheelchair Will Travel - http://havewheelchairwilltravel.net
Travel Without Limits magazine - https://www.travelwithoutlimits.com.au 
Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/191

 

As I've learnt by listening over the years to one of our guests, one in five travellers have a disability. That's a high percentage and I guess that means there's a good number of my listeners who travel with a disability, or have a family member or friend in their travelling group with a disability. This is important stuff!
In Episode 191 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, I chat with three people on this subject. First up, I have a great chat with Seana Smith who describes the development of her son and his travels over the years. He was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of three, but is now an adult, and Seana tells me how his experience with travel has changed. Let's just say there's a heavy metal festival involved!
Next I speak with Suzanne Kamata, who has travelled many times with her now adult daughter, a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy and a love of France (and travelling in general).
Finally, I wanted to get Julie Jones back on to speak about a magazine she's started since we last chatted on the podcast several years ago, called Travel Without Limits. It's Australia's first disability-specific travel magazine and it's awesome!
Links:
<ul>
<li>Episode 53 - Travel with disability and chronic illness - https://notaballerina.com/53</li>
<li>Support the podcast via Patreon -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.notaballerina.com/support">https://www.notaballerina.com/support</a></li>
<li>Suchita&rsquo;s adventures in Bali - <a href="https://littlebodyhugelife.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/adventures-at-the-klung-kung-markets/">https://littlebodyhugelife.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/adventures-at-the-klung-kung-markets/</a></li>
<li>Jen's post about travelling to Cambodia - <a href="https://www.notaballerina.com/2018/10/travelling-to-cambodia-autism-spectrum.html">https://www.notaballerina.com/2018/10/travelling-to-cambodia-autism-spectrum.html</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Seana Smith - Hello Sydney Kids -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hellosydneykids.com.au/">https://www.hellosydneykids.com.au/</a></li>
<li>Suzanne Kamata - <a href="http://www.suzannekamata.com/">http://www.suzannekamata.com/</a></li>
<li>Suzanne&rsquo;s book, Squeaky Wheels - <a href="https://amzn.to/2qPbCNQ">https://amzn.to/2qPbCNQ</a></li>
<li>Julie&rsquo;s blog Have Wheelchair Will Travel - <a href="http://havewheelchairwilltravel.net/">http://havewheelchairwilltravel.net</a></li>
<li>Travel Without Limits magazine - <a href="https://www.travelwithoutlimits.com.au">https://www.travelwithoutlimits.com.au</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers</a></li>
<li>Show notes: <a href="http://notaballerina.com/191">https://notaballerina.com/191</a></li>
</ul>
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The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle is a show for travel lovers. Each episode is packed with travel stories from fellow travel addicts on topics like using foreign languages, meeting the locals, getting lost and what we learn from our travels.

Tales from travel-lovers about why we travel and what we learn from it.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.

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