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The end of 2007 saw the ENAT and ICAT conferences on Inclusive Tourism. Early January 2008 will be the SAT conference and may 2008 will see the IIDI Tourismo para Todos conference. At the same time ratification of the UN...

From The Question Whistler, BC: A strategy is underway to help make B.C. a world leader in offering travel that’s accessible to people with disabilities, and the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Tourism Whistler are offering support and the expertise...

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　　四川大地震發生至今已經六天了，各種災情與感動人心的新聞傳送出來，讓我們看見人性的光輝，雖然我們無法為那些災民做些什麼，但希望可以透過祈禱的力量，將我們衷心期盼的能量傳遞到遙遠的四川去！ (觀看全文...)

Just in case you need another reason to cruise, listen to Ron Pettit, Access Manager for Royal Caribbean/Celebrity Cruises, discuss Royal Caribbean's offerings with Elio Navarro. In this short, but very informative interview, you see an example of the quality...

Crap News is the place on Ouch where we feature those poor, yet excellent, news stories about disability. They usually come from local newspapers but not exclusively - and seem to be the result of a journalist who wants to fill a bit of space in his/her publication. I suppose you could get angry but it's much more fun to just laugh at the gems that spew forth.

Our favourite Crap News today is from Workington's Times and Star:

Disability won't stop Jim taking on his tall ship challenge

... well I should jolly well hope not!

it's a story about a guy who, um, well basically he's going on holiday. The headline 'Guy goes on holiday' wouldn't be quite so interesting though.

Local man Jim Pearson is taking the tall ship Lord Nelson sailing from Belfast to Whitehaven. It's one of those disability ships that gives you an inclusive experience. Might be good, might not be, I'm not your biggest sailing fan so don't ask me.

The headline 'Disability won't stop Jim taking on his tall ship challenge' comes from a long pedigree of stories - the subtext being that his disability should stop him but it doesn't. Always it never stops them. I have this post apocalyptic dream occasionally where aliens come down to a planet earth that humans have destroyed. They try to find out more about us by going through our newspaper archives and discover all these stories about 'the disabled' who are always out there doing things. Brave things. Extreme things. They'll come away with the impression that disabled people were the most active people on the planet. Anyway, I'm distracting myself.

My favourite line in the article is: "Jim Pearson, 55, of Beacons Close, is setting sail on a tall ship despite being 30 per cent disabled."

Beautiful! It gets the localness in there nicely but also we get an insight into just how disabled he is - and that's 30 per cent.

I've just done a quick check round the table here at Ouch to see if anyone can put a figure on how disabled they are. Vaughan reckons he's about 20 per cent disabled because he lost his leg and probably has about 80% of himself left. Gideon (new boy) puts himself at 27 per cent whereas I know for a fact I'm 80 per cent disabled because it said so on my Disability Living Allowance form.

We hope Jim has a good sailing trip.

Crap News is the place on Ouch where we feature those poor, yet excellent, news stories about disability. They usually come from local newspapers but not exclusively - and seem to be the result of a journalist who wants to fill a bit of space in his/her publication. I suppose you could get angry but it's much more fun to just laugh at the gems that spew forth.

Our favourite Crap News today is from Workington's Times and Star:

Disability won't stop Jim taking on his tall ship challenge

... well I should jolly well hope not!

it's a story about a guy who, um, well basically he's going on holiday. The headline 'Guy goes on holiday' wouldn't be quite so interesting though.

Local man Jim Pearson is taking the tall ship Lord Nelson sailing from Belfast to Whitehaven. It's one of those disability ships that gives you an inclusive experience. Might be good, might not be, I'm not your biggest sailing fan so don't ask me.

The headline 'Disability won't stop Jim taking on his tall ship challenge' comes from a long pedigree of stories - the subtext being that his disability should stop him but it doesn't. Always it never stops them. I have this post apocalyptic dream occasionally where aliens come down to a planet earth that humans have destroyed. They try to find out more about us by going through our newspaper archives and discover all these stories about 'the disabled' who are always out there doing things. Brave things. Extreme things. They'll come away with the impression that disabled people were the most active people on the planet. Anyway, I'm distracting myself.

My favourite line in the article is: "Jim Pearson, 55, of Beacons Close, is setting sail on a tall ship despite being 30 per cent disabled."

Beautiful! It gets the localness in there nicely but also we get an insight into just how disabled he is - and that's 30 per cent.

I've just done a quick check round the table here at Ouch to see if anyone can put a figure on how disabled they are. Vaughan reckons he's about 20 per cent disabled because he lost his leg and probably has about 80% of himself left. Gideon (new boy) puts himself at 27 per cent whereas I know for a fact I'm 80 per cent disabled because it said so on my Disability Living Allowance form.

We hope Jim has a good sailing trip.

More care needed for carers in state budget: disability group
ABC Online, Australia - 56 minutes ago
National Disability Services in Tasmania says more money is needed for carers in next month's state budget. Nearly 300 affected Tasmanian families are ...

Wheelchair softball team gets new home
Tampa Bay's 10, FL - 1 hour ago
Tampa, Florida – Tampa is about to become the first city in Florida with a field dedicated to wheelchair softball. Officials converted old tennis courts at ...

巴真老婦及殘障女急需援助
泰國世界日報新聞網 - 1小時前
【本報訊】巴真武里府1名78歲的老婦，長期照顧1對殘廢的孿生女兒，喂飯喂水，洗澡和服侍大小便。老婦每天到佛寺幫忙打掃清潔和煮飯，換來飯菜給女兒充當3餐。 住在巴真武里府直轄縣東帕藍區管理機構對面小巷里的老婦人佐（78歲），有1對38歲殘廢的孿生女兒，分別是干拉耶 ...

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全國身障會在花蓮朱鸝紀念品成搶手貨
中廣新聞網 - 1小時前
全國身心障礙運動會下週五將在花蓮正式登場，今年依障礙別共有十五大項、六百零六小項，三千五百人要在花蓮爭取友誼。而比賽還沒開始，大會今年的吉祥物、花蓮縣鳥「朱鸝」公仔，已經成了選手們爭相收集的物品（梁國榮報導）

They focus on ability, not disability
Asbury Park Press, NJ - 2 hours ago
"It's smart for (business owners) to invest in a person with a disability. We don't focus on the disability, we focus on the ability."

Wheelchair athletes ready to roll June 10
Flamborough Review, Canada - 2 hours ago
They will begin their trip on June 10 in Victoria, BC "Wheel to Walk Canada" is the brainchild of Cetinski, a Freelton area resident who has been wheelchair ...

Honour for wheelchair sportsman
Watford Observer, UK - 2 hours ago
This will be Jack's second games, following his victory in the wheelchair table tennis event in Coventry last year, and he will join around 1500 athletes ...

Woman with Disability Taking Journey Through our Area
WFMZ-TV Online, PA - 3 hours ago
A British woman is taking an incredible journey through our area. Lisa Tylee will be biking nine thousand miles as part of Cycling Challenge USA...and she's ...

Special Disability Trusts
GreensBlog, Australia - 4 hours ago
Although the introduction of the Special Disability Trust (SDT) in September 2006 was welcomed by parents and carers of those living with disabilities, ...

I travel a lot. Sorry for stating the obvious. What travel writer doesn't travel? Yet sometimes the obvious needs restating. I travel for research and consulting a lot but my sometimes my best information comes from a global network of...

《透心涼的愛》心路枝仔冰開賣了！
人間福報 - 7小時前
【本報鳥松訊】天氣愈來愈熱，由心路「一家工場」身心障礙學員製作的枝仔冰即日起發售，並在頂好董事長的支持下，將在全省頂好門市販售，呼籲民眾指定吃心路枝仔冰，用行動幫助身心障礙學員。 在頂好超商協助下，心路一家工場的製冰加入專業生產與行銷冰品行列，其 ...

From press release: The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the Senior Lending Network are joining forces with Rebuilding Together New Orleans to rebuild a home damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Volunteers from NAHB’s 50+ Housing Council will participate in...

張慶信：說出人民心聲‧正副首相應正視議員談話
星洲日報 - 8小時前
針對第9大馬計劃，張慶信說，多名議員認為，展延大型計劃，並把省下的錢用在防洪、農業發展及鄉區基建，對人民更有利。 “我建議政府增加鄉村及區域發展部和婦女、家庭及社會發展部的撥款，以展開更多協助單親母親、孤兒、殘障人士及樂齡人士的慈善活動。”

Wheelchair-accessible rental market growing
Car Rentals, UK - 8 hours ago
Andrew Goodyear started one of South Florida’s first wheelchair accessible van rental companies in 1990 and said that owning such a business is both ...