The Traveling Wheelchair

By Kenny & Company

Entries for May, 2008

Med Lift Comfort Lounger

  Med-Lift & Mobility, Inc. 310 South Madison Calhoun City, MS 38916 Phone: 800-748-9438 http://www.medlift.com/index.cfm?action=b14&id=19353,7256 I have a Med Lift Comfort Lounger in my family room. I use my Med-Lift chair to relax in and to get a break from sitting in my wheelchair. This chair is excellent for change of pace from my wheelchair.  [...]

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FYE

793b Iyannough  Road Hyannis, MA Phone: (508)790-2524 http://www.fye.com/ I give FIVE STARS to FYE in Hyannis for wheelchair accessibility. I found it very easy to get around the store in my wheelchair. They have a wide enough opening to get in and out of the store and all the aisles are wide enough for my [...]

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Wareham Flagship Movie Theatre

39 Doty Street  Wareham, MA 02576 Phone: 508-291-4100 http://www.flagshipcinemas.com/site/cinema_info.php?id=6   My crew and I decided to go exploring on Monday which was a cloudy, wintry day!  Yikes, I thought it was spring not old man winter! Ha Ha! Oh well. My crew and I went to see the new movie Harold and Kumar Escape from [...]

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Newport Creamery

1670 President Ave Fall River, MA 02720 Phone: (508) 678-6346 http://www.newportcreamery.com/   Today, I was in Fall River and drove by the Newport Creamery on President Avenue so I thought I’d try it out for lunch and assess it for wheelchair accessibility. On my way in I had trouble with the front entry doors which [...]

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Lindo’s Pizza in Middleborough

2 Wareham Street Middleborough, MA 02346 Phone: (508) 946-1455 http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=10224408&lsrc=results&p=Pizza&csz=Middleboro%2C+MA&fr=&lcscb=YbzLCkcOLZN&sortreviews=2   Lindo’s Pizza, located in downtown Middleboro is in the same town of my new home and is within walking distance of the nursing home where I used to live.  When I lived in the nursing home I often went for walks (wheeling in my wheelchair) to downtown [...]

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New Bedford Whaling Museum

18 Johnny Cake Hill New Bedford, MA 02740-6398  Phone: (508) 997-0046 http://www.whalingmuseum.org/   Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity of visiting the Whaling Museum in New Bedford and learned a lot about the history of whales. It is the largest whaling museum in the country that’s dedicated to the history of whales. I also found [...]

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Jamie and Crew’s Reviews

I would like to THANK my good friend, Jamie and his Crew for taking the time to write wheelchair accessibility reviews of the places they visit. Jamie and Crew get FIVE STARS for helping ‘to make the world more sensitive, respectful and accessible to all. Please click on the above tab, ‘Jamie and Crew’ to learn [...]

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Kennedy Park – Healy Pool

315 Bradford Ave Fall River MA 2721 Phone: 508-324-2754 http://www.oldedartmouth.com/fall_river.html I went to Kennedy Park with my friends for a picnic lunch this week and enjoyed the fresh air and sunshine. Kennedy Park, located in Fall River is a huge and beautiful park and most of it is very wheelchair accessible. I enjoy visiting this [...]

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Marshalls

Patriots Square Rte. 134 So. Dennis, MA 02660 Phone: 508-760-3722 http://whatsin.marshallsonline.com/index.jspa I recently went shopping at Marshalls at Patriot’s Square and found it to be very wheelchair accessible. The outside was very accessible for people with disabilities. There is a ramp leading to automatic doors at the entrance. When I got inside, the aisles were [...]

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McDonalds (Sagamore)

15 Meetinghouse Ln. Sagamore Beach, MA Phone:(508)888-5225 http://www.mcdonalds.com/ I went to McDonald’s at the Sagamore rotary to meet with Kenny & Company to learn what to look for when reviewing a place for accessibility. Since I was here, I decided to do a review of McDonald’s at Sagamore as I came across some interesting obstacles. [...]

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