Key Publications on Disability Travel

Best Practices in Addressing Mental Health Issues Affecting Education Abroad Participants edited by Barbara Lindeman. Helps professionals identify and assist education abroad participants with mental health conditions. Published by NAFSA: Association of International Educators in 2006. Free to members. Go to: www.nafsa.org/mentalhealth.

Building Bridges edited by Susan Sygall and Cindy Lewis. Includes suggestions and creative ideas for including, recruiting, and accommodating people with various disabilities in international programs and other resources for international advisers. Fourth edition published in 2006. $24.95. Available in alternative formats. Accompanying open captioned video $49 (free on CD Rom). Audio description upon request. Published by Mobility International USA, www.miusa.org/publications.

Diabetes Travel Guide by David F. Kruger. Contains travel tips for people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It includes trans-lation of essential phrases about diabetes into several languages. Published by the American Diabetes Association, store.diabetes.org, $14.95.

Easy Access Europe: A Guide for Travelers with Limited Mobility by Rick Steves. Provides accessibility ratings and routes for tourist sights and lodgings in Amsterdam, Burges, London, Paris, and the Rhine for those who use wheelchairs or other mobility aids. Published in 2005 by Avalon Travel Publishing, www.ricksteves.com, $19.95.

Holidays in Britain and Ireland 2006 - A Guide for Disabled People by Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR). Lists over 1,500 places to stay in all parts of the U.K. and Republic of Ireland. RADAR also offers a number of other useful guides and publications, www.radar.org.uk.

Hostelling International Directories. In the U.S. contact Hostelling International, www.hiayh.org. International guides are $13.95 and North American Guide is free to members, non members $3. Outside the U.S., contact International Youth Hostel Federation, www.iyhf.org. A list of locations is also available online at both websites. Printed guides have symbols indicating hostels that are accessible.

Rights and Responsibilities edited by Susan Sygall and Michele Scheib. A guide to national and international disability-related laws for international exchange organizations and participants. Published in 2005 by Mobility International USA, www.miusa.org/publications. Free.

Survival Strategies for Going Abroad: A Guide for People with Disabilities by Laura Hershey. An easy to use guide that addresses the disability-related aspects of choosing a program, applying, preparing to travel, adjusting to life overseas and returning home. Focuses on study, volunteer, consulting and other types of international exchange programs. Published in 2005 by Mobility International USA, www.miusa.org/publications, $16.95. Available in alternative formats.