10 visitusa.org.uk BEAUTY FOR ALL TO SEE Special viewers enabling colourblind visitors to see the autumn foliage colours and vibrant hues year round have been installed at scenic lookouts in Tennessee's beauty spots and state parks such as Radnor Lake State Park and Chickasaw State Park. The viewfinders use lenses that alleviate red-green colourblindness. MAKING A SPLASH Morgan’s Wonderland in San Antonio is an “ultra-accessible” theme park that offers guests with a disability free entrance. Attractions include an accessible Ferris wheel, wheelchair swings and a water park with waterproof wheelchairs. Legoland, Six Flags, Disney and Universal Studios' parks also offer accessible and sensory options. ON THE BEACH Gulf Shores, Alabama, has beach access mats, free manual wheelchairs and powered wheelchairs to rent. Free wheelchairs are available at Silver Beach, Michigan; Cannon Beach, Oregon; and Hanauma Bay Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. A surfing school in Huntington Beach, California, even has adaptive chair surfboards. CERTIFIED AUTISM DESTINATIONS Mesa, Arizona, America’s first Autism Certified City, has a mobile passport listing Autism Certified Centre attractions. Visit Mesa’s website lists autism-certified hotels and restaurants. Other certified centres include the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia and the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. ACCESSIBILITY AT HISTORIC SITES Washington DC’s Lincoln Memorial offers free wheelchair rentals, ramps and private tours for visitors with limited mobility. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, has braille brochures, free wheelchairs and accessible trails. San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island has accessible ferry launches, sign language tours and braille wayfinding posts. FOR EVERY BODY AND MIND TRAVEL SOUTH DAKOTA ROCKY MCKINNON MORGAN'S WONDERLAND ISTOCK.COM/ KHANH NGUYEN ACCESSIBILITY
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