Forum Introduction: Travel and Tourism Through the Lens of Disability Studies

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Scott Rains
Community Technology Foundation of California; Director, Programs and Services, SeniorNet

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disability studies, travel, tourism

Abstract

The purpose of this Forum is to establish the topic of travel as a legitimate and illuminating area of inquiry within the broader realm of Disability Studies. My hope is to provide a volume containing works that will be foundational as well as evocative of future lines of research. To that end, this Forum began with a call for papers addressing four topic.
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Published
Dec 19, 2014

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Vol. 2 No. 2
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Forums

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Author Biography

Scott Rains, Community Technology Foundation of California; Director, Programs and Services, SeniorNet

Scott Rains, D. Min. is a ZeroDivide Fellow of the Community Technology Foundation of California and Director of Programs and Services at SeniorNet, an international organization specializing in technology education for seniors by seniors. He speaks internationally on the topic of travel and Universal Design and the development of tourist destinations. Dr. Rains recently completed a year appointment to the Center for Cultural Studies of the University of California Santa Cruz as Resident Scholar pursuing independent research on the topic. He publishes the Rolling Rains Report on Universal Design, Travel & Disability at http://www.RollingRains.com.  He may be reached at: [email protected].