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The Unsung Heroes of Mobility: Travel Trainers

  • 11/20/2025
  • By Lisa Womack

I set out to convey a simple message: that travel training is an important resource in enabling mobility for people with disabilities across the country and that organizations should provide more of it. But then it occurred to me that this message just doesn’t do justice to the incredibly impactful work of travel trainers. I’d forgotten that when you meet a travel trainer, you learn (or remember) they don’t just teach people how to ride the bus. They teach people how to live again.

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