Travel, Leisure & Arts

Arts

Media & Performing Arts

  • AbilityE: An online casting platform that connects actors with disabilities to entertainment industry professionals, promoting authentic representation in film, television, and media.
  • FWD-Doc (Filmmakers With Disabilities): FWD-Doc is a global, intersectional community of disabled creators and allies working in media to foster a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable entertainment industry. The organization cultivates and champions disabled media-makers while elevating stories by, for, and about disabled people.
  • Open Doors: A collective of disabled artists, nursing home residents, advocates and allies. They produce artistic collaborations, programs and mobilizing campaigns focused on community building, disability justice and gun violence prevention.
  • RAMPD (Recording Artists and Music Professionals with Disabilities): An organization dedicated to amplifying the voices of disabled musicians and increasing accessibility in the music industry. They provide resources, networking opportunities, and advocacy to ensure greater representation and inclusion for disabled artists. Through initiatives like their global directory and industry partnerships, RAMPD works to break down barriers and create a more equitable music landscape.
  • ReelAbilities Disabilities Film Festival: Presents award-winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations.
  • TDF Accessibility Programs: Offer opportunities for individuals with disabilities to enjoy the performing arts. The majority of their services are part of a free membership program.
  • Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB): TBTB is the only professional Off-Broadway theater company dedicated to advancing artists with disabilities and altering the misperceptions surrounding disability by proving that disability does not affect the quality or integrity of our art or artists.

Visual Arts

  • Art and Creativity: This page from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation highlights the importance of art and creativity as a means of self-expression, emotional well-being, and rehabilitation for individuals living with paralysis. It explores various creative outlets, such as painting, music, and writing, showcasing how they can enhance mental health, foster community connections, and promote an active lifestyle.
  • Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (MFPA): A global organization showcases and supports artists who create artwork using their mouths or feet due to physical disabilities, offering their paintings for purchase on various products.

Funding, Grants & Career Resources

  • AXS Film Fund: Supports independent documentary filmmakers and nonfiction new media creators from underrepresented communities who identify as having a disability. The fund provides grants to help storytellers bring their projects to life, amplifying diverse perspectives and experiences. Through financial support and mentorship, AXS Film Fund fosters greater inclusion in the media industry.
  • Careers in the Arts Toolkit: An online resource promoting equity, access, and inclusion for people with disabilities seeking careers in the arts.
  • Disability Arts Online Magazine: An organization led by disabled people, established to advance disability arts and culture through the pages of their journal. They provide disabled artists with a platform to blog and share thoughts and images describing artistic practice, projects, and the daily process of finding inspiration to be creative.
  • SCI Artist-Innovator Fund: SCI Artist-Innovator Fund from the Center for Cultural Innovation offers artists, innovators, inventors, makers, and entrepreneurs financial capital for social-impact oriented, creative entrepreneurship projects.

Leisure

Local Experiences

  • AccessibleNYC: The five boroughs feature a wealth of exciting and accessible destinations. Find restaurants, attractions and sports arenas with accommodations that meet your needs.
  • Accessible Travel NYC: A comprehensive travel resource offering guides, tips, and reviews to help people with disabilities navigate and enjoy accessible experiences throughout New York City.
  • I Love NY: The “Accessibility” page on I LOVE NY highlights inclusive travel opportunities across New York State, featuring attractions, parks, museums, and experiences that offer accessible amenities for visitors with disabilities.

Events & Festivals

  • Accessible Festivals: A non-profit organization dedicated to making live music and recreational events across the U.S. fully accessible for people of all abilities.
  • Dan Grover Memorial Ticket Grant Program: Provides a limited number of free tickets to disabled music fans for many of the largest festivals in the country, such as Austin City Limits, BottleRock Napa Valley, Electric Daisy Carnival, Lollapalooza, Rolling Loud NY, Stagecoach and more! The program is run by Accessible Festivals, a non-profit organization dedicated to making music and recreation accessible to all abilities.

Recreation Resources

  • iAccess Life: Download this Mobile App and start rating, reviewing, and researching public places based on their accessibility.
  • National Park Free Access Pass: Citizens and residents of the United States with disabilities can obtain a free Access Pass, a lifetime entrance pass to over 2,000 national parks, monuments, historic sites, recreation areas and wildlife refuges. The Pass also provides a 50 percent discount on fees for camping, swimming, parking, boat launching and tours.

Travel

Travel Planning & Booking

  • AccessibleGO: is a full-service travel platform designed for individuals with disabilities, offering the ability to book accessible hotels, flights, rental cars with hand controls, wheelchair van rentals, and mobility equipment. The platform also provides detailed accessibility reviews and a community forum, empowering users to share experiences and travel confidently.
  • Becoming rentABLE: A platform dedicated to promoting accessible short-term rental properties, aiming to foster social change through inclusion. They offer a certification program that validates a property’s accessibility features, helping owners attract more bookings and tap into the disability community’s significant spending power.
  • Matchinghouses.com: A free holiday house swap platform designed for people with disabilities.
  • SellMyTimeshareNow: website offers a resource for finding wheelchair-accessible timeshare resorts, providing listings of both domestic and international vacation destinations with accessible accommodations and amenities tailored for individuals with disabilities.

Accessible Travel Guides & Blogs

  • Accessible Air Travel: United Spinal’s accessible air travel guide for people with disabilities.
  • Accessibility Needs for Travelers: This page provides guidance for U.S. travelers with disabilities preparing for international trips—covering topics like destination accessibility laws, airport and airline accommodations, medical and equipment preparations, and useful resources like STEP enrollment and external organizations.
  • Curb Free with Cory Lee: A travel blog dedicated to accessible travel for wheelchair users. Founded by Cory Lee, the site offers destination guides, travel tips, and personal experiences to help people with mobility challenges explore the world. The blog highlights accessibility in various locations, from hotels and attractions to transportation, inspiring others to travel without limits.
  • Exploring the World: A Comprehensive Wheelchair Accessible Travel Guide: This guide provides comprehensive information on wheelchair-accessible travel, offering tips, destination recommendations, and resources to help individuals with mobility challenges navigate the world with ease.
  • Lonely Planet Accessible Travel collection: Offers a range of travel guides and resources designed specifically to help individuals with mobility challenges navigate and enjoy accessible travel experiences across various destinations.
  • Emerging Horizons: A publication about accessible travel. It contains access information, resources, news, and travel tips.
  • Navigating a Move With a Disability: MYMOVE.com created a guide with the goal to bridge the gap between disability services and moving. Their guide provides a checklist for home accessibility, federal and state financial assistance programs, and moving tips for people with disabilities.
  • SCI-Traveler: ASIA’s A Guide To Navigating Barriers To Domestic And International Travel. The SCI Traveler Guide was created to help enhance the lives of those in spinal cord medicine, caregivers, and their patients.
  • The Curb Free Foundation: A  nonprofit organization that provides wheelchair users with travel grants. They review applications and give out travel grants on an ongoing basis, so if there is a destination that you’ve always dreamed of visiting and you use a wheelchair, we encourage you to apply today.
  • Wheelchair Travel: This website provides a blueprint for traveling with a disability. Detailed wheelchair accessible travel guides describe the nature of accessibility in cities across the U.S., Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
  • WheelchairTraveling.com: An international online community of wheelchair travelers sharing experiences and tips on everything from hotels to transportation to activities and attractions. Whether you are looking for something exotic or close by, let the community help you find what is out there.

Specialized Travel Services

  • Accessible Travel Solutions: A specialty travel company offering fully accessible vacation packages, expertly escorted group tours, shore excursions, and transfers in over 45 countries, ensuring barrier‑free experiences for travelers with disabilities
  • Easy Access Travel: Specializes in organizing accessible travel experiences, offering cruise vacations and land tours tailored to individuals with disabilities and seniors, ensuring safe and enjoyable trips with the necessary accommodations.
  • Wheel the World: A travel company dedicated to people with disabilities. They offer numerous accessible tours to Latin America, Chile, Mexico and Peru.

Accessible Travel Gear and Accessories

  • Access Trax: Offers lightweight, modular, and ADA‑compliant outdoor pathway mats for wheelchair and mobility device users to traverse terrain like sand, gravel, grass, dirt, or snow.
  • ADAPTS Portable Transfer Sling: ADAPTS is selling a new portable transfer sling. If you are an individual with any physical disability or who needs help with physical transfers this sling could be beneficial. To learn more click the link below. ADAPTS is selling a new portable transfer sling. If you are an individual with any physical disability or who needs help with physical transfers this sling could be beneficial.
  • Freedom Trax: Freedom Trax is a motorized off-road attachment for manual wheelchairs on the market. The portable and affordable option for travel, exploring, and getting off the beaten path.
  • ScootAround: Offers scooter and wheelchair rentals in dozens of North American destinations.
  • Phoenix Instinct Luggage: A company specializing in wheelchair-compatible travel solutions such as modular range of wheeled luggage and bags designed to attach seamlessly to manual wheelchairs enhancing independence during travel.
  • Portable Travel Wheelchair: Compact, travel-friendly power wheelchairs with airline-compliant batteries.

Accessible Travel Organizations

  • All Wheels Up: a nonprofit organization advocating for wheelchair accessibility and safety in air travel, working to make it possible for passengers to fly while remaining in their wheelchairs through research, crash testing, and policy change.
  • Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality: A non-profit org to raise awareness of the needs of travelers with disabilities, remove physical and attitudinal barriers.

 

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