People with disabilities live, work, travel, and participate in all aspects of society—but not without challenges. A frequent barrier to access and inclusion is transportation, particularly long-distance travel. AIR has created online training for travel and hospitality industries to improve your understanding of travelers with disabilities, improve services for customers with disabilities, reduce complaints, and build brand loyalty.
Eliminating Health Disparities
Healthy People 2020 defines a health disparity as “a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage." Disparities can be seen in the elevated incidence of HIV in the rural South, increased rates of obesity in lower-income populations; high rates of heart disease in African Americans; suicide rates in lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender populations or military veterans; shorter lifespans of lower-income workers; and increased complications from diabetes in Hispanic populations.