Emerging Horizons Travel Resources
Travel resources for wheelchair users, scooter users, and slow walkers
Accessible Birding Sites in North America
This informative article by Ron Smith lists a bevy of accessible birding sites throughout North America. Grouped by location, Ron presents a good description of both the access and the birding available at each site. This article originally appeared in Bird Watcher's Digest.
Accessible Birding Sites in North America
America the Beautiful Access Pass
Get your lifetime pass for free admission to all national parks. Available free to anybody with a permanent disability. Available at Bureau of Land Management offices and at national park entrances.
America the Beautiful Access Pass
Handi Cap Evasion (in French)
This French non-profit organization promotes "accessible hiking" (in France and abroad) through the use of an adapted wheelchair called a Joelette. Information about the organization, the Joelette, upcoming trips, and complete contact information is included on the website.
Handi Cap Evasion
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Handicaching
This handy website encourages visitors to enter access details about geocaches they’ve visited, and provides disabled cachers with the access information they need. Just enter the waypoint of your geocache to find access information about it. Access details include distance to the cache, route surface, route slope, route obstructions and cache height, which are rated on a scale of 1 to 5. It’s an easy way to assess the accessibility of a geocache. Great site!
Handicaching
Mark Wellman
Mark Wellman made history in Yosemite National park by becoming the first paraplegic climber to ascend El Capitan. Check out this page for more information on Mark, his "extreme sport" videos, and his new line of adaptive climbing equipment.
Mark Wellman
National Sports Center for the Disabled
The National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD), located in Winter Park, CO is the recognized leader in therapeutic recreation. Check out their website for updated information on current adaptive recreational offerings.
www.nscd.org
