Ep. 19 - Disability and Travel

Have you ever wondered what traveling is like when you're disabled? How to fly on a plane as a wheelchair user? What it's like being an autistic teen on a choir tour? Why the same travel accommodations can create exclusion for one person and access for another?

In this week's episode, Harper and Shruti talk all things traveling while disabled. From school trips to family vacations, on planes, trains, and busses, all the way across the world or just over state lines, they share their own experiences, how they were accommodated (or not), and what they've learned. Traveling while disabled—with growing support needs and new mobility aids—is an evolution that Harper and Shruti are both still trying to navigate with themselves and their loved ones. It can often create feelings of burden, isolation, and the inability to engage—but with disabled-informed support and lots of grace, sometimes travel can be positive not in spite of disability but because of it.

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