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In 1987 our family founded The Opening Door, Incorporated, an organization dedicated to promoting independence through travel. We Dukes have first hand experience in encountering the frustrations of traveling with a disability. Dad Bill has a hearing impairment. Mom Cheryl is a person of short stature and has a mobility impairment due to degenerative arthritis. Our son, Paul, uses a motorized wheelchair and is respirator dependent because of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Caitlin, our daughter, is also a founding partner of the organization. She began working with the guide when she was 12 years old and has done typesetting, graphic design, on-site surveys, and her latest accomplishment has been the development of the Accessible Virginia Web site, a companion to the Virginia Is For Lovers site. Our family business W. C. Duke Associates, Incorporated is the developer of the Opening Doors ® disability etiquette training program that is used by disability-friendly companies in the travel, hospitality, restaurant, lodging, airline, retail, and entertainment industries. The Opening Door, Incorporated is a nonprofit organization whose mission to ... - Publish travel guides for persons with disabilities. - Consult with other states to help develop guides using their innovative format. -Work cooperatively with the hospitality and travel industries to create an awareness of a large, lucrative consumer market--the 54 million Americans with disabilities plus their families and friends.

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