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Negotiating disabling barriers to tourism mobility: families travelling with children who use wheelchairs
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4642-2711
2026 (English)In: Handbook of children and family tourism / [ed] Heike Schänzel; Catheryn Khoo; Mona Ji Hyun Yang, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026, p. 225-238Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Tourism can be complicated when having a disability. Still, literature on tourism for persons with disabilities has mainly focused on adults, and there is a lack of a family perspective. This chapter examines disabling barriers to tourism mobility that families with children who use wheelchairs experience, how these barriers are negotiated within a family context, and how these affect practices of 'doing family'. I draw on interviews with Swedish parents, and the results show that the family perspective is essential to consider since the families experience many disabling barriers that affect the whole family's tourism, create tensions when different desires cannot be met, and challenge the imagined practices of family vacations. The results show how families negotiate disabling barriers in various ways to participate in tourism travel, albeit in adapted ways. Throughout the chapter, I use a relational perspective on disability, meaning that disability is seen as a person–environment mismatch.

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Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026. p. 225-238
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Research handbooks in tourism series
Keywords [en]
Family tourism, Disability, Doing family, Disabling barriers, Accessibility, Mobility practices
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Human Geography
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Social and Economic Geography
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-249076DOI: 10.4337/9781035324842.00024Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105031548791ISBN: 9781035324835 (print)ISBN: 9781035324842 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-249076DiVA, id: diva2:2032463
Available from: 2026-01-27 Created: 2026-01-27 Last updated: 2026-03-16Bibliographically approved

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