Adapted Traveler

05/06/2024

This is great news!

📢 Big News! 🎉 The New York Legislature just passed a bill to cap EpiPen prices at $100, benefiting 2 million New Yorkers with food allergies starting Jan 1, 2026! FARE supported this bill by conducting over 20 grassroots actions to ensure the food allergy community’s voices were heard. Now, NY is the biggest state to cap epinephrine auto-injector costs, bringing economic justice and peace of mind to food allergy families! 🌟💙

https://bit.ly/3Vrvy4T

17/10/2023

05/09/2023

New spooky 'Eye See You' chocolate allergy friendly cupcake now available at various Walt Disney World Resorts.

We were able to grab ours via mobile ordering but stopped to speak with a chef to check ingredients.

From the Disney website:

Cupcake is available at Various Disney Resort Hotel Food Courts (Available Sept. 1 through Oct. 31; mobile order available)
Plant-based Monster Cupcake:

Allergy-friendly chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla buttercream (New) (Plant-based) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly); Available at the following locations:

•World Premiere Food Court at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort

•Intermission Food Court at Disney’s All-Star Music Resort

•End Zone Food Court at Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort

•Landscape of Flavors at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort

•Centertown Market at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort

•Everything POP Shopping & Dining at Disney’s Pop Century Resort

•Riverside Mill Food Court at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside

•Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter

31/08/2023

Check this out!

Would you like to volunteer to help with the adaptive programs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

Join park staff for Accessibility and Adaptive Equipment Training on Friday, September 8th, from 10 am-12 pm at Sugarlands Visitor Training Room, near the Gatlinburg entrance to the park.

Each piece of adaptive equipment (off-road wheelchair) requires assistance from two volunteers. The National Park Service will rely on volunteers for the events and will offer disability etiquette and equipment training with Knox County and Catalyst Sports for those individuals who help with the programs.

To register to volunteer, please contact Katherine Corrigan at [email protected]. Volunteer training is needed before helping with programs in the park. This volunteer position requires moderate to high fitness levels, including being able to walk or stand for 4 to 6 hours, walking up to 3 miles on uneven terrain, and the ability to push, pull, or lift up to 30 pounds.

Photo courtesy of Catalyst Sports.

31/08/2023

We cannot wait to get our hands on some of these goulish goodies🎃

We are especially excited about the plant based, allergy friendly cupcake that will be available across many of the resorts.

31/08/2023

Sneak peek of Moana's Journey of Water. It was a fun and interactive yet relaxing stroll. Fully accessible with both a wet and dry path.
Follow us for more videos and walk throughs soon!

12/08/2023

BOO TO YOU...AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU!

Who all is heading to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party this spooky season?

We absolutely LOVED the fireworks from the party tonight. Check our page to see a live replay!

12/08/2023

Live from Disney Parks Contemporary Resort for the first night of Disney's Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Fireworks at Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party! 🧡💜🖤

12/08/2023

Join us live on Facebook from Disney's Contemporary Resort at 10:15pm EST for the first night of Disney's Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Fireworks! 🧡💜🖤

04/08/2023

Important information for those cruising with food allergies!

Please share and let those sailing on Disney Cruise Line know!! ✨

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03/08/2023

Will you be attending MNSSHP this year?

24/07/2023

Would you do this?

Visit 13 of America's best-loved national parks on this cross-country national-park train loop

24/07/2023

We can't wait to try some of these spooky treats!

21/07/2023

Happy National Dole Whip Day! We couldn't let the day go by without sharing a pineapple dole whip at before dinner at Kona Cafe.

10/07/2023

Great news! Will anyone be heading to the Great Smoky Mountains to check out these programs soon?

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in partnership with Knox County, Catalyst Sports, and Friends of the Smokies, will make public lands more accessible for visitors of all abilities by offering three adaptive programs this summer. Rangers and volunteers will lead one biking and two hiking programs using off-road wheelchairs and adaptive mountain bikes on three trails evaluated for adaptive equipment.

The following programs are designed for visitors of all abilities and their families to learn about the natural and cultural history of Great Smoky Mountains National Park:

• Saturday, July 22, 2023 (HIKE)—Deep Creek Trail
• Sunday, August 27, 2023 (BIKE)—Forge Creek Rd-Cades Cove
• Saturday, September 9, 2023 (HIKE)—Little River Trail

Register and find more information at Catalyst Sports, a non-profit organization that provides outdoor adventures for people with physical disabilities (https://ow.ly/jLYt50P6X3G).

Registration is required to ensure adequate equipment and volunteers are available for the programs. Participants are welcome to bring their own adaptive equipment.

Would you like to volunteer to help with the adaptive programs?

Join park staff for Accessibility and Adaptive Equipment Training on Saturday, July 15, from 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. at Oconaluftee Visitor Center Training Room, near the Cherokee entrance to the park.

Each piece of adaptive equipment requires assistance from two volunteers. The National Park Service will rely on volunteers for the events and will offer disability etiquette and equipment training with Knox County and Catalyst Sports for those individuals who help with the programs.

To register to volunteer, contact Katherine Corrigan at [email protected]. Volunteer training is needed before helping with programs in the park. This volunteer position requires moderate to high fitness levels.

The adaptive programs are made possible through a National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) grant and major funding support from Toyota Motor North America.

Photo courtesy of Taryn Ferro

06/07/2023

Great job JetBlue! Let's keep spreading awareness and the seriousness of airtravel and food allergy safety.

We live 25 min from Newark NJ airport but chose to drive to LaGuardia in NY to fly to Florida for summer clay nationals. When we can we choose airlines that respect Josh's . Flight crew could not be kinder re buffer zone around him. Worth the drive!!!

02/07/2023

The world needs need more people like this❤️

These 2 incredible employees in the bright green shirts at Busch Gardens❤️ sat on either side of my brother, who has Down’s syndrome. He really wanted to go on this ride and we were worried he would freak out once at the top. These 2 amazing gentlemen who worked at this ride volunteered to sit beside him in case he did, they were equipped to abort the ride at any time.

My brother did have his eyes closed the entire time but absolutely loved it. Everyone cheered and clapped for him when he got off the ride. It was an awesome moment for everyone, only made possible by the 2 employees who volunteered to get on with him😊 thank you again.

Credit: Nadia Kl