This week we start a
new line in the Portuguese Accessible Heritage .It’s Called Accessible Tip
intends to share experiences of travelers in Portugal and has any kind of
disability.
This week we bring
the testimony of Joseph Senra a 52 , borned in Minho (northen Portugal)who
loves to travel and as I see is not his disability that prevents him to travel.
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| José in a terrace in Porto Santo island |
"Hello my name
is José Senra, I'm 52 years old, married and I’m a wheel chair user because I
was born with Spina Bifida.
I have traveled a
lot. Whether in Europe, also to Brazil where I have done a few thousand Kms.
The holidays are
usually made in Portugal. The trips are almost all marked on the net. In what
concerns to hotels and booking air travel
when applying.
I love Lisbon, but also
like a lot of Coimbra, Aveiro, Porto, some locations in the Alentejo and my
hometown, Viana do Castelo.
I travel either alone
or accompanied and this fact does not change the way we organize the trips.
Usually use search engines on the Internet and just apply the variable person
in a wheelchair. Soon the hotel will
have the same access, as this is indicated on websites and journals.
When necessary I write
suggestions or make complaints even in the books themselves for this purpose.
Or even back home, sending emails suggesting points to be improved and also
highlighting those already think are perfect.
Have lost me the
wheelchair on airplanes, I've had annoyances when trying to catch trains that
were not accessible, I have given up making long journeys on buses because they
simply are not adapted, etc.
Fortunately today in
many cities in this country (Portugal), urban transport are already beginning
to be inclusive, which substantially improves the mobility of all people.
".
If you want to follow
the example of José follow this link,
answer the questions and send them accompanied by one or two photographs with
the respective authorization for publication accessibleheritage@hotmail.com.
All the “interviews
will be published
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