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Todd
Galli is working to make travel more accessible.
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Runs Access Air, a nonprofit organization that strives to make
all forms of travel accessible for people with disabilities including
airplanes, trains and cruise ships. Uses a wheelchair and ventilator,
but finds ways to hike and sail and do motivational speaking. Wife,
Molly, is an Access Air volunteer.
How:
Recruits volunteers to assist people with disabilities on and off airplanes,
trains and ships. Working with Canada-based aircraft manufacturer
Bombardier to equip existing 20- to 90-passenger regional jets with
wheelchair lifts designed and built by Cadence Engineering.
Todd says:
I planned a hiking trip back in 1999 and 2000 and it took seven
months of planning. We built a specialized wheelchair so I could
hike in the central Sierras for about a week. At one point I was
hiking down the side of a mountain, and I was thinking it would
be great to have this kind of access for everybody, especially in
air and train travel.
Were always looking for more volunteers and support. Were just
trying to change the world one person at a time.
To find out more, visit www.access-air.org. |