Matt Laffan is an Australian lawyer, public speaker, and traveler who experience and stature give him authority on Inclusive Travel. He speaks from the perspective of a wheelchair user - which is fairly common in this field - and as someone who is physically small - which is much less common.
His approach is to facilitate in-bound tourism to Australia from the wealth of his own experience. Check out his interview and Web sites. (He also seems to have an interest in rugby - the tame version played by non-disabled people, no mention of the Murderball version.)
Matt is an avid traveller who has taken it upon himself to make it is easier for others to follow his path.He began the first disability travel website in the country back in 1998 (www.globalaccess.com.au) which he still operates to assist travellers when he can. However in 2001 he joined the people at www.accessibility.com.au as a correspondent and he provides them with material after his journeys so that others can learn from his experiences.
Matt regards travelling as an adventure, a rite of passage that enables us the opportunity to find something about ourselves from other places. Matt thinks that this is especially true for those of us who have a disability. As he says:
"It does not really matter where we are travelling too, as long as it is somewhere beyond the front gate. The journey down to the south coast, or over to Canada to the Rocky Mountains, is as equally important in as much that we are seeing something new, trying a new experience and hopefully, in the process, discovering how much more there is to Life that we can enjoy".
Further Reading:
An Interview with Matt Laffan
http://www.mattlaffan.com.au/travelling_getaway_18042002.html
Matt Laffan's Travel and Getting Beyond the Front Gate
http://www.mattlaffan.com.au/travelling.html
Matt Laffan's Global Access Travel
http://www.globalaccess.com.au/