AUDIO VERSION By Linda Bartram Prior to travelling to Greece and Great Britain this May, I endeavoured to arrange some descriptive tactile tours, including ones in Athens, on the urging of an AEBC member with connections to Greece. I asked ChatGPT to tell me about such tours in Athens and Edinburgh and found several were listed and all appeared to require pre-arrangement. A few weeks in advance, I attempted to make contact with the tour operators in Athens but did not receive any replies so...

AUDIO VERSION Sometimes, a number tells a story. Other times, it takes a song. When recipients of the Canada Disability Benefit learned that the maximum monthly benefit would increase from $200.00 to $204.20—a rise of just $4.20 per month—many are asking themselves what that amount actually means in everyday life. To put the increase into perspective, we asked ChatGPT what $4.20 could realistically buy in Canada today. The answer was sobering: perhaps a loaf of bread, a litre of milk, a bus...

AUDIO VERSION There are many mysteries in life. Why do socks disappear in the dryer? Why does your phone need charging only when you are going out the door? And why, in airports across Canada, do so many people assume that a blind person needs a wheelchair? In AEBC’s AccessAbility Week travel survey, we asked our members what frustrates them most when travelling or moving through public spaces. Thirty-one people responded, and while the answers had a lot of variety, one theme kept rolling...