General Travel Information

Guide enables disabled travellers to take charge

(Special)—Enabling travellers with disabilities to better manage travel is the aim of Take Charge of Your Travel: A Guide for Persons with Disabilities, published by the Canadian Transportation Agency.

Take Charge describes accessible services and features available to people living with disabilities so they can plan and conduct their travel plans with greater ease and confidence.

In addition to providing information such as what to look and listen for when travelling, Take Charge also provides other sources of information for people with disabilities when it comes to travelling at home or abroad.

To help with travel planning, Take Charge comes with a detachable reservation checklist. This step-by-step guide will help special-need travellers plan their trip in advance with details on potential services in areas such as accessible seating, mobility and technical aids, and service animals such as seeing-eye dogs.

The guide is designed to be useful if you are travelling by airplane, train, passenger ferry or bus and have a disability.

Also, Take Charge is available in DAISY format – as a digital talking book that makes print publications accessible to persons who are blind or have a visual impairment.

Take Charge of Your Travel: A Guide for Persons with Disabilities is available in various formats through the Canadian Transportation Agency at www.otc-cta.gc.ca/doc.php?sid=1021&lang=eng.