Travel writer Alicia Valenski: ‘Travel isn’t just about seeing the world – it’s about changing it’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Alicia Valenski (Image design: Attitude)

For travel writer Alicia Valenski — who has autism and ADHD — the hurdles she faces when venturing abroad involve more than delayed flights and missing luggage. But while it can certainly be challenging, the rewards for neurodivergent and queer travellers are plentiful.

Here, the lead of the Travel category of Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley shares her story (see here for all 10 influential figures who made our 2025 Attitude 101 Travel list).

Even through my earplugs and noise-cancelling headphones, I can still hear the screaming.

This isn’t your usual ‘confused baby on an aeroplane whose ears just popped on a flight for the first time’ screaming — that I can sympathise with, as an autistic ADHDer with sensory sensitivities of my own.

No, this

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