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From: Ron.Rothenberg@f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Ron Rothenberg)
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Subject: Travel
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Index Number: 6147

ICID has a fact sheet that lists about 30 organizations that specialize in 
travel for tourists who have disabilities.  The following list was 
included in an article by Ruth Heimbucher, travel editor for a 
Pittsburgh newspaper.

Access tours, c/o Directions Unlimited, 344 Main St., Mt. Kisco, N.Y. 
10549; 1-800-533-5343 or (914) 241-1700.

Anglo California Travel Service, 4250 Williams Road, San Jose, CA 
95129; (408) 257-2257.

Doral Travel, Box 545, Brick, N.J. (201) 840-0084

Flying Wheels Travel, Box 382, Owatonna, Minn.  55060; 1-800-533-
0363 or 1-800-533-0364

The Guided Tour, 555 Ashbourne Road, Elkins Park. PA 19117 
 (215) 782-1370. Tours for persons with developmental disabilities 
and occasional tours for individuals with physical disabilities.

Mobility Tours, 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY  11242  (718) 858-6021. 
This firm also offers tours for persons with developmental disabilities.

Nautilus Tours, 5435 Donna Ave., Tarzana, CA 91356  (818) 343-6339

People, Inc. , Services for the Developmentally Disabled.  320 Central 
Park Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14214  (716) 838-4444.  Most clients have 
mental retardation, but the firm also has tours for persons with 
physical disabilities.

Whole Person Tours, Box 1084, Bayonne, NJ 07002-1084 (201) 858-
3400.

Unique Reservations Ltd., 65 E. India Row, Suite 22G, Boston MA 
02110; 1-800-343-0664 ext 2000 or (617) 523-0446. This firm 
provides cruises for kidney dialysis patients.

Publications for travellers with disabilities:

The Itinery - published six times a year.  Covers travel news items, 
book reviews, stories on health and destinations, travel sources for 
persons with disabilities and readers' reports on their experiences. 
Cost: $7 a year.  Box 1084, Bayonne, N.J. 07002-1084.

LTD Travel, and eight-page newsletter, published four times a year.  
Includes tips for the traveler with handicaps and for their families, 
travel agents and rehabilitation counselors.  The publication also offers 
itineraries, book reviews, information about travel aides and reader's 
letters.  $15 per year, 116 Harbor Seal Court, San Mateo, CA 94404. 
(415) 573-7998

"Across to the World: A Travel Guide for the Handicaped," a book 
authored by Louise Weiss.  Sells for $14.95 and includes advice for 
those with restricted mobility.  The guide contains information on 
European destinations.

"The International Directory of Access Guides," edited by John Moses.  
The 1981-82 edition lists 458 worlwide access guides including 
destinations in the United States.  Cost is $5 from Rehabilitation 
International U.S.A., 1123 Broadway, Suite 704, New York, N.Y. 10010.

... There is no fate that can not be surmounted by scorn - A. Camus 

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