Accessible Air Travel with Open Doors Organization

<p>On this episode of INside the OUTcomes, we're exploring the challenges people with disabilities face when it comes to air travel, and opportunities to enhance accessibility. </p><p>Mike Whelan, one of our guests, is a member of several Shirley Ryan AbilityLab spinal cord injury research advisory councils and counts himself as a "million miler" -- logging more than a million miles in the air as he travels the world with his manual wheelchair. Our other guest, Eric Lipp, is a former Shirley Ryan AbilityLab patient who turned a frustrating experience into a mission to make travel, transportation and tourism more accessible for all. Eric is the founder and executive director of the <a href="https://opendoorsnfp.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Open Doors Organization</a>, a nonprofit that trains transportation staff, leads accessibility advocacy, and collaborates with scientists at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Indiana University on <a href="https://www.sralab.org/research/labs/cror/projects/enhancing-accessible-and-inclusive-airline-travel-people-physical-disabilities" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">research</a> to improve air travel for people with disabilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>This podcast is supported by grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.</p><p></p>