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                                  MY SPIN                                                                Disability Pride
                                                                                                       and World Travel



                                   W
                                               hen we travel we repre-    some little-known facts gathered       marginalized “community of dif-
                                               sent more than our-        by Rosangela Berman-Bieler of          ference.” Often those meanings
                                               selves because we are      the Inter-American Institute on        attached to us abroad are the very
                                               part of a community. As    Disability and Inclusive Develop-      stereotypes we have worked so
                                               a person with a disabil-   ment using research done by the        hard to abolish, or at least insulate
                                   ity you carry two items of unusual     Open Doors Organization:               ourselves from, back home.
                                   value — especially in combina-              American adults with disabili-        Travel can mean separation
                                   tion. Both tend to surprise those      ties or reduced mobility currently     from the replenishing sources of
                                   you meet as you travel. The two        spend an average of 13.6 billion       disability identity and pride in our
                                   items are money and pride. By          U.S. dollars a year on tourism. In     lives. Loss of a community of dis-
                                   money I don’t just mean the            2002, these individuals made 32        ability pride isolates us from per-
                                   change in your pocket. By pride I      million trips and spent 4.2 billion    sonal relationships, political dis-
                                   mean the self-determination of         dollars on hotels, 3.3 billion on      cussions, and the artistic vitality of
                                   knowing who you are beyond             airline tickets, 2.7 billion on food   our culture. Yet that very “pres-
                                   economic measures of worth.            and beverages, and 3.4 billion on      ence of absence” is one of the
        By Scott Rains                  The very fact that you have a     trade, transportation, and other       privileged moments of travel.
                                   disability and travel suggests         activities. The most popular inter-    Personally, it can give us perspec-
                                   something about your economic          national destinations for this         tive on our lives. Publicly, it adver-
       Travel advertises           condition. It indicates that you
                                   have credit, savings, education,
                                                                          tourist segment are: 1. Canada; 2.
                                                                          Mexico; 3. Europe; and 4. the
                                                                                                                 tises us as being a portal for oth-
                                                                                                                 ers into an as-yet-to-be-experi-
      us as being a por-           maybe a profession that requires
                                   travel, but most importantly the
                                                                          Caribbean, in that order.
                                                                               The economic means to deter-
                                                                                                                 enced way of life as a person with
                                                                                                                 a disability.

       tal for others into         ability to make decisions about
                                   the course of your life for your-
                                                                          mine our own futures gives us
                                                                          powerful leverage as consumers
                                                                                                                     Travel the world today and
                                                                                                                 you will find there is a hunger for

         an as-yet-to-be-          self. That combination of means
                                   and dignity are a potent method
                                                                          on the attitudes, infrastructure,
                                                                          and products of the travel indus-
                                                                                                                 community and solidarity among
                                                                                                                 people with disabilities. As an

       experienced way             of social transformation.
                                        Leisure travel means moving
                                                                          try. Our travel behavior is studied
                                                                          by the industry.
                                                                                                                 exchange student, backpacker,
                                                                                                                 business or vacation traveler,

      of life as a person          beyond survival mode. A small
                                   but growing percentage of people
                                   with disabilities have made the
                                                                               Community is the multiplier
                                                                          effect that makes our economic
                                                                          behavior only a small part of the
                                                                                                                 your identity as a person with a
                                                                                                                 disability gives you access to
                                                                                                                 faces of the host culture that are
        with a disability.         transition to economic stability,
                                   but we are not equally distributed
                                                                          global impact that we exert. When
                                                                          we travel, we represent a commu-
                                                                                                                 both positive and negative.
                                                                                                                 Wherever you go, you will find
                                   around the world. Travel spreads       nity of people with disabilities,      unique opportunities to learn
                                   us around, which is to say that it     and woven through that commu-          from and contribute to local man-
                                   spreads around living examples         nity is a unifying thread of pride.    ifestations of disability culture.
                                   of an alternate lifestyle.                  We may be fortunate enough            When we travel, we are
                                        With a generation of perma-       to have begun our travel from a        ambassadors of a community
                                   nently disabled people having          situation where family, friends,       beyond borders with a set of core
                                   experienced increasing degrees         legislation, luck, and hard work       values that the world has a chance
                                   of employment, education, and          have given us a strong sense of        to discover through the choices
                                   leisure, those of us with the          self-confidence and a life lived       we make. Take your pride on the
                                   means to travel belong to a con-       among people like ourselves. A         road and level the path for the
                                   sumer group that is only starting      change of location might place us      ones who come after you.
                                   to be noticed. How we choose to        where our identity as a member             Scott Rains publishes the
                                   spend those resources — even           of the disability community is only    Rolling Rains Report, a source of
                                   through our leisure activities —       vaguely perceived as member-           travel info for people with disabili-
                                   has profound impact. Here are          ship in some inconsequential and       ties: www.RollingRains.com.


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Scott Rains Disability Pride and World Travel

  • 1. MYSPIN.DEC07.qxd 11/12/07 10:15 AM Page 10 MY SPIN Disability Pride and World Travel W hen we travel we repre- some little-known facts gathered marginalized “community of dif- sent more than our- by Rosangela Berman-Bieler of ference.” Often those meanings selves because we are the Inter-American Institute on attached to us abroad are the very part of a community. As Disability and Inclusive Develop- stereotypes we have worked so a person with a disabil- ment using research done by the hard to abolish, or at least insulate ity you carry two items of unusual Open Doors Organization: ourselves from, back home. value — especially in combina- American adults with disabili- Travel can mean separation tion. Both tend to surprise those ties or reduced mobility currently from the replenishing sources of you meet as you travel. The two spend an average of 13.6 billion disability identity and pride in our items are money and pride. By U.S. dollars a year on tourism. In lives. Loss of a community of dis- money I don’t just mean the 2002, these individuals made 32 ability pride isolates us from per- change in your pocket. By pride I million trips and spent 4.2 billion sonal relationships, political dis- mean the self-determination of dollars on hotels, 3.3 billion on cussions, and the artistic vitality of knowing who you are beyond airline tickets, 2.7 billion on food our culture. Yet that very “pres- economic measures of worth. and beverages, and 3.4 billion on ence of absence” is one of the By Scott Rains The very fact that you have a trade, transportation, and other privileged moments of travel. disability and travel suggests activities. The most popular inter- Personally, it can give us perspec- something about your economic national destinations for this tive on our lives. Publicly, it adver- Travel advertises condition. It indicates that you have credit, savings, education, tourist segment are: 1. Canada; 2. Mexico; 3. Europe; and 4. the tises us as being a portal for oth- ers into an as-yet-to-be-experi- us as being a por- maybe a profession that requires travel, but most importantly the Caribbean, in that order. The economic means to deter- enced way of life as a person with a disability. tal for others into ability to make decisions about the course of your life for your- mine our own futures gives us powerful leverage as consumers Travel the world today and you will find there is a hunger for an as-yet-to-be- self. That combination of means and dignity are a potent method on the attitudes, infrastructure, and products of the travel indus- community and solidarity among people with disabilities. As an experienced way of social transformation. Leisure travel means moving try. Our travel behavior is studied by the industry. exchange student, backpacker, business or vacation traveler, of life as a person beyond survival mode. A small but growing percentage of people with disabilities have made the Community is the multiplier effect that makes our economic behavior only a small part of the your identity as a person with a disability gives you access to faces of the host culture that are with a disability. transition to economic stability, but we are not equally distributed global impact that we exert. When we travel, we represent a commu- both positive and negative. Wherever you go, you will find around the world. Travel spreads nity of people with disabilities, unique opportunities to learn us around, which is to say that it and woven through that commu- from and contribute to local man- spreads around living examples nity is a unifying thread of pride. ifestations of disability culture. of an alternate lifestyle. We may be fortunate enough When we travel, we are With a generation of perma- to have begun our travel from a ambassadors of a community nently disabled people having situation where family, friends, beyond borders with a set of core experienced increasing degrees legislation, luck, and hard work values that the world has a chance of employment, education, and have given us a strong sense of to discover through the choices leisure, those of us with the self-confidence and a life lived we make. Take your pride on the means to travel belong to a con- among people like ourselves. A road and level the path for the sumer group that is only starting change of location might place us ones who come after you. to be noticed. How we choose to where our identity as a member Scott Rains publishes the spend those resources — even of the disability community is only Rolling Rains Report, a source of through our leisure activities — vaguely perceived as member- travel info for people with disabili- has profound impact. Here are ship in some inconsequential and ties: www.RollingRains.com. 10 NEW MOBILITY