Wheelchairs no hindrance on Fyn
It can be difficult to go on holiday if you have a handicap or disability to contend with.
Many of the campsites on Fyn have taken this challenge seriously and created environments where almost all areas are accessible to wheelchair users. As a result, a lot of campsites are not just “wheelchair-friendly”, but actually “wheelchair-suitable”.
Many of the campsites on Fyn have taken this challenge seriously and created environments where almost all areas are accessible to wheelchair users. As a result, a lot of campsites are not just “wheelchair-friendly”, but actually “wheelchair-suitable”.
Good access
Aase Viberg HansenAase Viberg Hansen knows what a difference it makes when campsites make an effort to ensure that disabled people can have an enjoyable holiday. Aase suffers from muscular atrophy and is confined to a wheelchair and a respirator. But this is no obstacle. She spends much of the year travelling with her assistant, who must be at her side all the time.
“I do not want my disability to hold me back. I love to travel and to experience new things, and an RV is the best solution for me. Here, I can decide the pace and the length of the daily stages myself. If I need a break, we simply pull into the side of the road or turn off at the nearest campsite. I could not possibly travel if I was forced to join a group in a coach or a plane. Here, I make the decisions,” relates Aase Viberg Hansen.
Over the years, many campsites on Fyn have run development projects in collaboration with disabled people precisely to benefit from their expertise. In this way, inappropriate aspects can be dealt with before the start of the season, and when the time comes to build new facilities, it is possible to take specific requirements into account from the very start.
It seems that there is nothing to hold Aase back, and every year, she makes at least one trip to Fyn.
“Fyn has come a very long way. The campsites here are among the very best in Europe, because the owners have made a conscious decision to improve the conditions for disabled people. This reputation spreads very quickly, because we really need to get out – and it is important for us to know that everything is in order,” explains Aase.
On all her trips, Aase takes pictures and keeps a diary that she publishes on the Internet so that others can benefit from it. Her articles are published on www.handicap-camping.dk in collaboration with CampingDanmark.dk.
“It is a real pleasure, and I am 100 per cent independent, but I want others to benefit from my experiences and perhaps find out that they, too, can get out and about,” concludes a happy and much-travelled Aase Viberg Hansen.
“I do not want my disability to hold me back. I love to travel and to experience new things, and an RV is the best solution for me. Here, I can decide the pace and the length of the daily stages myself. If I need a break, we simply pull into the side of the road or turn off at the nearest campsite. I could not possibly travel if I was forced to join a group in a coach or a plane. Here, I make the decisions,” relates Aase Viberg Hansen.
Over the years, many campsites on Fyn have run development projects in collaboration with disabled people precisely to benefit from their expertise. In this way, inappropriate aspects can be dealt with before the start of the season, and when the time comes to build new facilities, it is possible to take specific requirements into account from the very start.
It seems that there is nothing to hold Aase back, and every year, she makes at least one trip to Fyn.
“Fyn has come a very long way. The campsites here are among the very best in Europe, because the owners have made a conscious decision to improve the conditions for disabled people. This reputation spreads very quickly, because we really need to get out – and it is important for us to know that everything is in order,” explains Aase.
On all her trips, Aase takes pictures and keeps a diary that she publishes on the Internet so that others can benefit from it. Her articles are published on www.handicap-camping.dk in collaboration with CampingDanmark.dk.
“It is a real pleasure, and I am 100 per cent independent, but I want others to benefit from my experiences and perhaps find out that they, too, can get out and about,” concludes a happy and much-travelled Aase Viberg Hansen.
