Index

Brielle Gillovic (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
Alison McIntosh (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)
Simon Darcy (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)

The Disabled Tourist: Navigating an Ableist Tourism World

ISBN: 978-1-80455-829-4, eISBN: 978-1-80455-828-7

Publication date: 24 April 2024

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Gillovic, B., McIntosh, A. and Darcy, S. (2024), "Index", The Disabled Tourist: Navigating an Ableist Tourism World (The Tourist Experience), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 81-85. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-828-720241008

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Copyright © 2024 Brielle Gillovic, Alison McIntosh and Simon Darcy


INDEX

Able bodied/s
, 6, 17

minds
, 17

Ableism
, 16–17

disablism
, 17

Ableist
, 1, 17

tourism world
, 1

Access
, 1–2

tourist
, 1

Accessibility
, 6

and inclusion
, 2

Accessible

destination experiences
, 51

information
, 52

tourism
, 6

Accommodation
, 60

Activity limitations
, 3

Adjective-first language
, 14

Ageing
, 2, 38

population
, 2

Agency
, 6, 8

Air travel experience
, 27

Ambient intelligence (AmI)
, 56

Assistive technologies
, 27, 29, 56

Assumptions
, 16, 18, 29

Augmentative or alternative communication measures (AAC)
, 20

Authentic

lived experience/s
, 39

voice/s
, 39

Autonomy
, 40

Barriers
, 2, 5

attitudinal
, 28

communicative
, 29

and constraints
, 5, 8

environmental
, 2

informational
, 5

physical
, 5

to tourism participation
, 26–30

Binary/ies
, 1, 16, 18, 64

Blind
, 60

Braille
, 5, 29

Capability, opportunity, and motivation
, 55–56

Care, carer/s, caring
, 37, 43

activity
, 63

dynamic
, 45

ethics of care
, 63

formal
, 44, 63

informal
, 44, 63

personal experiences of care
, 40–43

as practice and an ethic in tourist experience
, 38–39

relational experiences of care
, 43–46

relationship
, 44

Shelby’s story
, 40

significance and meaning of care in tourist experience
, 39–40

social experiences of care
, 46–48

support worker/s
, 44

Chronic pain
, 63

Civil rights
, 10

Cognitive

capacities
, 41

disability
, 41

and social functioning
, 37

Communicative barriers
, 5

Community-led disability rights movement
, 10

Coping strategies
, 45

Critical

disability studies
, 15–16

lens
, 16

management studies
, 13

moral tourism turn
, 7

perspective/s
, 16, 18

studies
, 17

studies scholarship
, 62

tourism
, 18

tourism scholar/s
, 18

tourism turn
, 17–18

Cultural representation
, 10

Deaf

community
, 15

culture
, 15

Dependence/y
, 28, 37

independence/t
, 37

Destination Competitiveness and Sustainability
, 54–55

Destination management organisations (DMOs)
, 54

Destination/s

management
, 51

managers
, 54

Dignity
, 62

Dimensions of disability
, 7, 56

cognitive
, 6

hearing
, 6

intellectual
, 19

invisible
, 17

mobility
, 25

Dis/abled tourist
, 1–5

barriers and constraints to tourism participation
, 26–30

Chloe’s story
, 33

Chris’s story
, 34

delving into margins
, 32

Elsie’s story
, 32

enabling access for
, 6–7

experience
, 9, 26

inaccessible and exclusionary tourism industry
, 5–6

Jenny’s story
, 33–34

key characteristics of global tourism market
, 4

motivations, meaning, and benefits of tourism participation
, 30–32

Disability
, 2–3, 9

community
, 59

critical and moral turns in tourism research
, 17–18

disablism and ableism
, 16–17

discourses
, 11–15

discrimination legislation
, 52

historical context
, 10–11

researcher positionality and reflexivity
, 18–22

rights movement
, 9

Disability Equality Training Movement
, 11

Disability studies
, 15

critical disability studies
, 15–16

Disability-related
, 10, 13

tourism issues
, 7

tourism market
, 51

tourism research
, 62

Disabled Persons Organisations
, 11

Disabling

discourses
, 15

society
, 16

tourism world
, 17

Disablism
, 16–17

Discourses of disability
, 11–15

Discrimination
, 17

Diversity
, 26

Embodied

embodiment
, 13–14

embodiment theory
, 13

ontology/ies
, 12

tourist
, 14

Emotion

emotional
, 13

work
, 43

Empowerment
, 14, 19–20

Entrepreneur
, 53

activity
, 51

entrepreneurship
, 64

Environmental constraints
, 27

Equality
, 52

inequality
, 1

Equity
, 4, 6

equitable
, 7

Ethic of justice
, 39

Ethics of care
, 38–39

Exclusion/ary
, 12, 19

Formal carers
, 43

Frameworks

Ambient Intelligence (AmI)
, 56

destination competitiveness and sustainability
, 54–55

implementation science
, 55

Fundamental Principles of Disability (1976)
, 10

Global tourism industry, strategic approaches for
, 51–53

Good intentions
, 51

frameworks for positive action
, 54–56

rhetoric to reality
, 53–54

strategic approaches for global tourism industry
, 51–53

tourism value chain
, 59–60

travel chain
, 57–59

Heterogeneity of disability
, 7, 26

homogenous group
, 62

Historical

context
, 9–11

developments
, 11–12

Human right/s
, 51–52

Identity/ies
, 14

cultural
, 15

marginalised
, 61

social
, 17

Illness
, 2

chronic
, 2

Impairment
, 3, 11, 14

effects
, 12

Implementation science
, 55

Inclusion
, 2

accessibility and
, 2

Inclusive

research
, 19–20

tourism
, 6

Informal carers
, 37

Information and communication technology (ICT)
, 56

Informational barriers
, 5

Infrastructure
, 51

Innovation
, 64

Intellectual impairments
, 3

Interactive constraints
, 27

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
, 52

International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981
, 11

Intrinsic constraints
, 27

Language,

adjective-first
, 14

of disability
, 14–15

inclusive
, 14

label/s
, 15

person-first
, 15

terminology
, 15

Level of support needs
, 37

Lived experience/s
, 26, 39

Marginalisation
, 14

marginalised/ing
, 30

Medical model
, 11

Models of disability
, 9

medical
, 11

social
, 11

social relational
, 12

Neurodiversity civil rights movement
, 12

Neurological condition/s
, 25

Normality
, 31

Normative

assumptions
, 16

ideology/ies
, 9

structures
, 1

‘One-size-fits-all’ approach
, 30

Oppression
, 16

Participation restrictions
, 3

People with disability
, 3–4, 10

People with epilepsy
, 29–30

People with mobility disability
, 29

People with/out disability

cognitive disability
, 32

hearing disability
, 31

intellectual disability
, 29

mobility disability
, 28

vision disability
, 28

Person-first language
, 15

Personal experiences of care
, 40

Cassie’s story
, 42–45

Phoebe’s story
, 41–42

Political participation
, 10

Power

dynamics
, 19–20

relations
, 16

Prejudice
, 5, 16

Psychiatric impairments
, 3

Psychological impairments
, 3

Relational experiences of care
, 43

Gemma’s story
, 45–46

Nathan’s story
, 44–45

Researcher

without disability
, 5, 31

positionality
, 18–22

reflexivity
, 18–22

Self-development
, 4

Sensory impairments
, 3

Sign language
, 5, 15

Smart tourism
, 56

Social

change
, 15

construct
, 23

discourses
, 62

experiences of care
, 46–48

inclusion
, 4, 63

isolation
, 31

justice
, 38

justice-oriented research agenda
, 62

oppression
, 12, 15

recognition
, 10

relational model of disability
, 12

solution/s
, 12

theories
, 16

Social model
, 11–13

of disability
, 62

Stakeholders
, 53

Stereotype/ing/s
, 5, 12, 14–15, 29

Stigma
, 5–6, 10, 14–15, 29

Structural constraints
, 27–28

Support workers
, 37–38

Technology
, 53

Tourism
, 51–52

business/es
, 56

industry
, 5–6

market
, 56

operator/s
, 59

scholar/s
, 13, 62

stakeholders
, 51

value chain
, 59–60

world
, 61

Tourism participation

barriers to
, 26–30

benefits of
, 30–32

constraints to
, 26–30

meaning of
, 30–32

motivations
, 30–32

Tourist
, 1

behaviour
, 16

dis/abled
, 1–5

motivations
, 26

role of
, 26

Tourist experiences
, 61

accessible and inclusive
, 62

dis/abled
, 1–5

significance and meaning of care in
, 39–40

Transformative solutions
, 56

Travel
, 25, 63

agents
, 29

chain
, 57

companion/s
, 27

dis/abled tourist experience
, 26–34

UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons in 1975
, 11

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG)
, 11

Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation
, 10–11

United Nations
, 2

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)
, 4

United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
, 10, 53–54

Universal design
, 6–7

Wellbeing
, 3

life satisfaction
, 30

quality of life
, 30

Wheelchair
, 32, 46

user/s
, 28

World Health Organization (WHO)
, 2