13 - Have Disability Will Travel with Josh Grisdale

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Josh Grisdale, from Toronto, Canada but now living in Tokyo, Japan, Has Cerebral Palsy and is quadriplegic. He has been using wheelchair for 34 years and travelled extensively as a child with his family. Josh moved to Tokyo in 2000 in pursuit of his IT career and fell in love with Japan. Japan had just started to become accessible at that time, with some laws being passed regarding transport. Josh created a website called Accessible Japan, sharing information on accessible travel, as well as an online networking platform called Accessible Travel Forum. Josh runs a podcast called "Have Disability, Will Travel".

Photo by Kiyoshi Sakasai

This episode edited by Craig Strachan using the Hindenburg editing software : https://hindenburg.com/

21 May 2019 English South Africa Society & Culture · Non-Profit Presented by Lois Strachan

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