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Candace Cable is a Paralympic
Scott Rains has traveled the word
athlete that has won multiple gold medals in wheelchair racing and skiing. She currently writes a blog for the Christopher Reeve Foundation and speaks all over the world.
researching and writing on the adoption of Universal Design by the travel & hospitality industry. A speaker to government officials about the importance of accessibility, universal design and Inclusive Tourism.
Deborah Davis is an entrepreneur Ralf Hotchkiss invented that has developed TravelAbility, Whirlwind Wheelchairs and provides an inclusive travel resource, and people around the world with sturdy PhotoAbility, a stock photography and durable chairs, “that perform library of photos of people with well on rough terrain and are built in disabilities in the tourism, leisure factories that contribute to local ecoand lifestyle mediums. nomic development.� Mr. Hotchkiss lives and works in San Francisco.
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This esteemed group of people took us under their wing. We discussed the thesis project, its progress and took note of their priceless insight and suggestions.