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Accessible Vacations: An Insider's Guide to 12 US Cities [Kietas viršelis]

  • Formatas: Hardback, 208 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 215x148x23 mm, weight: 399 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 23-Oct-2020
  • Leidėjas: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 1538128691
  • ISBN-13: 9781538128695
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 208 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 215x148x23 mm, weight: 399 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 23-Oct-2020
  • Leidėjas: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • ISBN-10: 1538128691
  • ISBN-13: 9781538128695
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
"While some information about accessibility to certain sites may be found online, these insider's guides helps readers find the very best places to visit in 12 US cities. With information about places to visit, tours to take, and the best services for those who are seeing, hearing, or physically impaired, Simon Hayhoe takes readers on a journey of exciting destinations that anyone can enjoy"--

Written for anyone with disabilities or other physical challenges that make travel more difficult, this book offers information on access, learning, and visiting in 12 of the most visited cities in the US. It reviews the accessible technologies and a 5-step plan for supporting people with access needs.
1 Introduction
1(10)
My First Experience of Traveling through the US
1(3)
Accessibility and the Law
4(1)
Accessible Vacations'?, Five-Step Plan
5(2)
What Follows in Accessible Vacations
7(4)
Section I Access Needs
Developing Access or Planning Your Own Access
11(6)
2 Hearing Loss
17(1)
Living with Hearing Loss
18(1)
A Family Experience of Hearing Loss
19(2)
My Hearing Loss
21(2)
Hearing Loss in Cultural Places
23(6)
3 Sight Loss
29(10)
Types of Sight Loss
31(1)
Experiences of People with Sight Loss
32(2)
Access Needs and Sight Loss
34(3)
The Gravity, The Levity--Fayen D'Evie and Georgina Kleege
37(2)
4 Learning Difficulties and Memory Loss
39(14)
The Nature of Learning, Memory, and Aging
41(3)
What Higher-on-the-Spectrum Learning Difficulties Are
44(1)
Higher-on-the-Spectrum Learning Difficulties and Cultural Places
45(3)
Memory, and What Higher-on-the-Spectrum Memory Loss Is
48(2)
Higher-on-the-Spectrum Memory Loss and Cultural Places
50(3)
5 Mobile Technologies and Cultural Places
53(12)
Using Tablets and Cell Phones in Cultural Places
54(3)
Apps and Functions for Accessing Writing and Typing
57(1)
Recording Voices and Other Sounds Using Apps and Functions
58(2)
Taking Photographs and Recording Videos Using Apps and Functions
60(1)
Using Touch and Gestures Settings
61(1)
Summary
62(3)
Section II Twelve Cities
The Five-Step Plan
65(2)
How the Cities and Cultural Places Were Chosen
67(2)
6 Atlanta, Georgia
69(8)
Insider Tip
69(3)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
72(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
73(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
74(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
75(1)
Access for Supporters
76(1)
7 Boston, Massachusetts
77(10)
Insider Tip
77(3)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
80(2)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
82(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
83(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
83(2)
Access for Supporters
85(2)
8 Chicago, Illinois
87(10)
Insider Tip
87(3)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
90(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
91(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
92(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
93(1)
Access for Supporters
94(3)
9 Denver, Colorado
97(8)
Insider Tip
97(3)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
100(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
101(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
102(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
103(1)
Access for Supporters
104(1)
10 Houston, Texas
105(8)
Insider Tip
105(3)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
108(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
109(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
110(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
111(1)
Access for Supporters
112(1)
11 Los Angeles, California
113(10)
Insider Tip
113(3)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
116(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
117(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
118(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
119(2)
Access for Supporters
121(2)
12 Miami, Florida
123(8)
Insider Tip
123(4)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
127(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
127(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
128(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
128(2)
Access for Supporters
130(1)
13 New York City, New York
131(12)
Insider Tip
131(4)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
135(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
136(2)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
138(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
139(1)
Access for Supporters
140(3)
14 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
143(10)
Insider Tip
143(4)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
147(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
148(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
149(2)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
151(1)
Access for Supporters
152(1)
15 San Francisco, California
153(10)
Insider Tip
153(4)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
157(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
158(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
159(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
160(1)
Access for Supporters
161(2)
16 Seattle, Washington
163(10)
Insider Tip
163(3)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
166(1)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
167(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
168(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
169(1)
Access for Supporters
170(3)
17 Washington, DC
173(12)
Insider Tip
173(3)
Access for Visitors with Sight Loss
176(2)
Access for Visitors with Hearing Loss
178(1)
Access for Visitors with Learning Disabilities, Memory Loss, and Autism Higher on the Spectrum
179(1)
Access for Visitors with Mobility Issues
180(2)
Access for Supporters
182(3)
Notes 185(6)
Bibliography 191(4)
Index 195(4)
About the Author 199