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Blogs: Steps on How Exchange Travelers with Disabilities Can Create a BlogShare about the world through your experiences as a person with a disability studying, volunteering or working overseas. Learn how to create a blog and browse some other travelers' blogs below. Why Blog about your international experience?
Travel Bloggers: Perspectives and Experiences of People with Disabilities Under-representedAfter an extensive internet search looking for travel bloggers with disabilities, NCDE staff found only the blogs that NCDE had requested people keep about their international experiences. We know people with disabilities are going abroad to study, work, intern, volunteer, teach and conduct research projects in increasing numbers; unfortunately, people with disabilities are not sharing their unique perspectives through blogs like their non-disabled peers. Tips for Starting a Blog40 plus free Blog Hosting Websites AFB recommended Blog Hosts for Bloggers using Screen Reader Software How to Make Me Read Your Travel Blog. Or Not How to Make Your Blog Accessible to Blind Readers
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A Two Time Goal Ball Paralympian Takes You with HerJessica Lorenz has had GoalBall take her around the world. Accessible Everything: An accessible & inclusive travel blog for people with disabilitiesCraig Grimes moved to Barcelona and taught English as a Second Language for several months and now currently lives in Nicaragua working with the local disability community. During this time and later, he traveled independently to other countries and records his experiences here as a wheelchair user. Alejandro Albor: Paralympian in hand cycling at Athens and BeijingA blog chronicles the adventures of a Paralympian amputee as he traveled to Beijing to compete in hand cycling. DeafBlind Student Shares His Ireland Study Abroad ExperiencesJason Corning, an Information Technology Infrastructure major, participated in a three week study abroad course in Ireland accompanied by his guide dog, Spencer. DeafBlind Traveler and Volunteer Touches the Developing WorldChristine Roschaert volunteered in Nigeria for a year as part of the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) organization, and has since been traveling throughout Oceania and Asia. Education & Mobility in France and TurkeyEmma Verrill, who uses a wheelchair, studied in Rennes, France in college and presented about her experience during the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Faith, Service, and Community in Israel and IndiaNehama Rogozen, an American who is Deaf, studied in Jerusalem and lived on a kibbutz while abroad in Israel, then traveled to India to help build a school. From Oxford to Istanbul: Studying and Traveling with a DisabilityAn American student from Atlanta, Georgia, Chelsey Kendig backpacked through Europe after studying at Oxford in the United Kingdom. She blogs about her many passions and about her experiences traveling with Dermatosparaxis. Going Global in Middle School: Experiences in Bahrain, China, and MexicoHannah is a young leader with a vision disability who already has three international experiences including China, Mexico and Bahrain. Hong Kong Fulbright ExperienceChristie Gilson, who is blind, was a doctorate student that traveled to Hong Kong on a Fulbright scholarship. Longitudes and Attitudes: Study Abroad in ChinaDana, an international studies college student who uses a wheelchair, spent a semester studying in Beijing, China. Nepal, Peru and Costa Rica - Volunteering Perspectives from a Wheelchair UserMegan, a power wheelchair user, volunteered abroad in Latin America and Asia in high school and college. Peruvian Andes Adventure for Blind YouthHigh school students with and without vision impairments hike in the Andes mountains in Peru. Summer Study in Prague and Winter Break Travels in JapanStuart, who wears two leg prosthetics, studied abroad in Prague and participated in a technology program to Japan as a college student. Traveling Between WorldsFranz is a Fulbright student alumni ambassador who works with and blogs about Nepal's vibrant deaf community. Franz is deaf and uses a hearing aid and cochlear implant to communicate, as well as sign language. He is currently studying creative writing, Nepali and Nepali Sign Language. U.S. DeafBlind Student on her Overseas ExperiencesHaben is a law student. Haben writes eloquently about her first volunteer experience abroad during her sophomore year of high school when she traveled to Mali, West Africa, to help build a school. Wheelchair Basketball in Guatemala & Ghana and Other AdventuresBrittany writes about her overseas volunteer and study experiences. Document Actions |
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