WELCOME, FELLOW TRAVELER!
Pippa Sunderland: Registered ICU Nurse and Aged/Disability Nurse (& mother of 2)
Hi my name is Pippa Sunderland, and I manage this great website that was created to provide guidance and resources to help the disabled, accessibly challenged and elderly community navigate through everyday life and holidays.
Disabled Travel Advice was created in 2008 by a not for profit, and in 2024 I became its custodian. Our goal is to continue their amazing work and grow the website and community to allow more disabled people to enjoy traveling! Whether that be traveling in your everyday life, to your job, going on a local holiday, or even that extended overseas trip you have always been dreaming of!
Our goal is provide the required resources so you can plan and execute these activities safely and with confidence.
A little about myself, I am married and have two wonderful children (well, most of the time anyway). I am a Registered ICU Nurse who has worked in aged care, disability care and with some of the sickest is society. I love being a Nurse, helping others get to a level where they can leave hospital to enjoy their lives.
Both myself and my husband have family members who are disabled. We have both grown up seeing the available disability services increase over the last 40 years, where the options for the disabled are improved compared to when we were younger, whether that be with general attitudes from the public, to equipment and facilities available. However, there is a lot more to be done, and hopefully this website will help by providing assistance to anyone reading this, to help them learn tips and tricks for everyday travel as well as larger travel endevours.
Media & Publications
Our advice is extensive and expertly prepared which has resulted in it being featured in Mainstream Media and many Government Publications. This spurs us on to create more great disability travel advice and to try the best we can to provide information that is relevant and helpful.
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