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Jul 8, 2004

"The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves." --Eric Hoffer

Latitudes and Attitudes

Changing laws have broken many barriers for people with disabilities when it comes to the travel industry. Collectively, they now spend over $13 billion annually and attract much attention from businesses. Yet, now comes the slower change: attitudes. Recent Harris Poll shows that 58% of Americans are "scared or uneasy" around people with disabilities and 43% actually "fear" interacting with them.