A new booklet called Walking For All: Disability Awareness in Hill Walking has been published by MLTE in conjunction with the BMC, Plas y Brenin, and Adventure for All.

Walking for All contains information about walking with people with a wide range of disabilities.

There are chapters on

• Why walking?
• Language, communication and terminology
• Disability awareness
  Physical Disabilities
  Wheelchair Use
  Learning Disabilities
  Autistic Spectrum Disorders
  Deaf/Hearing Impairment
  Blind/Visual Impairment
• Planning and Risk Management
• Supporting People Whilist Walking
• Clothing and Personal Kit
• Planning Checklist
• Specific Disability Information

The booklet can be purchased in the BMC online shop here.

This new booklet is a companion to the previously published Climbing For All: Disability Awareness in Rock Climbing

The Adventure For All website has a list of centres that provide a range of courses for people with disabilities.

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