How to Travel: A guidebook for Persons with a Disability - Softcover

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Fred Rosen was born 1926 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He and his wife, Gertrude, are the parents of a son who has been diagnosed as having Down's Syndrome. Since the birth of their son Robert, Fred has been active in helping persons with disabilities, serving on various boards and committees for over 30 years. As a Board Member and as Chairman of the Legal Guardianship Committee of the Missouri Association for Retarded Citizens. As a Board Member and on the Recreation Committee of the St. Louis Association for Retarded Citizens for 27 years. As a Board Member of the Kirkwood Disabled Advisory and Awareness Commission, City of Kirkwood, Missouri, from 1984 to 1991. As an Assistant Scoutmaster for a troop of mentally retarded Boy Scouts, Special School District, St. Louis, Missouri. Upon retirement from the wholesale shoe business in 1991, Fred decided to become a travel agent. His goal was to develop a travel program for persons with disabilities. He studied Tourism and Travel at Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, Missouri, and earned an Associate Degree in Tourism, with honors, in 1993. Since 1993, Fred has been a travel consultant for persons with a disability. He is also a contributing editor for The Independence, a Saint Charles, Missouri newspaper for persons with a disability, and has contributed articles for The Montage, a campus newspaper of Meramec Community College, Saint Louis, Missouri. The articles that Fred writes concern forms of travel as well as accommodations, dining out and cruising for persons with a disability.