- Description: Tony Giles is a British traveller who is blind and severely hearing impaired. Since the 1990s he has visited more than 100 countries across all inhabited continents. He frequently travels independently, relying on public transport and self-directed planning. His journeys are documented in Seeing the Americas My Way (2008) and Seeing the World My Way (2017). Travel constitutes the central axis of his public identity and represents a documented case of contemporary global mobility with sensory disability
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1958-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://www.tonythetraveller.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Giles, Tony. Seeing the Americas My Way. London: TGS Publishing, 2008. Giles, Tony. Seeing the World My Way. London: TGS Publishing, 2017.
- Description: Harriet Martineau was a British writer and social theorist. Between 1834 and 1836 she traveled extensively in the United States, visiting northern and southern states and examining political institutions, religion, gender roles, and slavery. Her observations were published in Society in America (1837), a comparative analysis of American society. She later traveled in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria (1836–1837), publishing her reflections in Eastern Life, Present and Past (1848)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1802-1876
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Martineau
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234570
- Description: John Morris is an American traveler and accessibility advocate. Following a 2012 car accident that resulted in triple limb amputation, he resumed international travel as a wheelchair user. In 2014 he founded WheelchairTravel.org, a platform dedicated to wheelchair-accessible travel. The site publishes first-hand accessibility reports and practical guidance based on destinations he has personally visited. Morris combines global travel with disability advocacy, promoting equal access in tourism, corporate environments, and public policy. His work represents a digital-era model of inclusive globetrotting grounded in lived experience and data transparency
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wheelchair, Sedia a rotelle, Fauteuil roulant
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://wheelchairtravel.org
- Description: Martyn Sibley is a British social entrepreneur and traveler living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He uses a powered wheelchair and personal assistance. In 2009 he undertook a European journey that contributed to the creation of Disability Horizons, a digital platform focused on disability inclusion and accessible travel. He travels internationally for consultancy, public speaking, and advocacy, linking lived travel experience with digital content and policy engagement
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1985-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wheelchair, Sedia a rotelle, Fauteuil roulant
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://martynsibley.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Sibley, Martyn. Everything Is Possible. Morrisville, 2016.
- Description: Jessica Cox is an American pilot born without arms. In 2008 she obtained a sport pilot certificate, becoming the first person without arms licensed to fly a certified aircraft. She operates the controls with her feet
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1983-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Plane, Aeroplano, Avion
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://www.jessicacox.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3523269
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Cox, Jessica. Right Footed. Documentary film, 2015.
- Description: Helen Keller was an American author and activist who became deafblind in early childhood. With the assistance of her teacher Anne Sullivan, she developed tactile communication skills and graduated from college in 1904. From the 1910s onward, Keller travelled extensively in the United States and abroad to deliver lectures and advocate for disability rights. She visited Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa over several decades. Her international tours helped promote education and accessibility programs for blind and deaf communities worldwide. Her major works include The Story of My Life (1903) and Midstream: My Later Life (1929)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1880-1968
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://helenkellerarchive.afb.org/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38203
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Keller, Helen. The Story of My Life. New York: Doubleday, 1903.
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- Description: Cory Lee is an American travel blogger living with spinal muscular atrophy. He uses a powered wheelchair and has traveled independently to more than 40 countries across six continents. In 2020 he traveled to Antarctica, becoming one of the few wheelchair users to have visited all seven continents. He founded Curb Free with Cory Lee in 2013. The website provides detailed first-hand accessibility reviews of hotels, transportation systems, and attractions. Lee also works as a consultant and speaker in the field of accessible tourism
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Curb Free with Cory Lee
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1988-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wheelchair, Sedia a rotelle, Fauteuil roulant
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://curbfreewithcorylee.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Lee, Cory. Let’s Explore With Cor Cor. Hardcover. United States: self-published, July 26, 2020.
- Description: Albert Casals is a Spanish wheelchair traveler who became paraplegic after childhood leukemia. Beginning in 2006, while still a teenager, he embarked on independent journeys across Europe and later Asia and other continents. He frequently traveled with limited financial means, relying on hitchhiking and private hospitality. His routes included countries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa. He documented his experiences in El mundo sobre ruedas (2009), which focuses on autonomous travel with a mobility impairment
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Spain, Spagna, Espagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1990-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Wheelchair, Sedia a rotelle, Fauteuil roulant
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Casals_i_Serrad%C3%B3
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28753842
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Casals, Albert. El mundo sobre ruedas. Barcelona: Plaza & Janés, 2009.
- Description: Erik Weihenmayer is an American blind mountaineer and explorer. In 2001 he summited Mount Everest, becoming the first blind person to do so. In 2008 he completed the Seven Summits challenge. In 2014 he kayaked the full 445 km (277 mi) length of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. He relies on auditory cues, tactile feedback, and team coordination for navigation
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1968-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://erikweihenmayer.com
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cOmcTFZJaI
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q732356
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Weihenmayer, Erik. No Barriers: A Blind Man’s Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2017.
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Museum of Travel and Tourism is a virtual museum dedicated to travel and tourism, founded in 2016. It began as a research platform focused on the biographies of women and men travelers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and has gradually expanded to include contemporary journeys.
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