TOURISM: A SITE OF RESISTANCE STRATEGIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY

•Identifies and analyses strategies preventing or enabling resistance of disabled people.•Enhances the understanding of strategies linked to individual and collective resistance.•Contrasts these strategies based on contextual differences.•Strategies enabling resistance at home rely on a collective identity.•Tourism offers greater possibilities for individual resistance highlighting the self.

This research investigates resistance strategies employed by individuals with a disability, which remain unexplored at a theoretical and practical level. This lacuna is addressed by identifying and examining different strategies either enabling or preventing resistance. Linking resistance to identity positions, the study further juxtaposes individual and collective forms of resistance related to contextual differences between the everyday life and tourism. Findings highlight that a clear-cut dichotomy of strategies enabling or contrarily preventing resistance does not exist. Yet, while the everyday life leads to transformation by relying on a collective identity, tourism offers greater possibilities to develop a sense of self-identity, as highlighted by the strong denial to make use of specialised operators. This provides a locus for the industry to act upon.