Green St. Fairhaven, MA Phone: (508)992-4524 www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/southeast/ftph.htm Yesterday while traveling from New Bedford my friends and I came upon Fort Phoenix Beach State Reservation. Since we’ve never been to this park, we decided to stop and see if it is wheelchair accessible. I was very pleased to see that it is fully wheelchair accessible. It’s a small [...]
125 Faunce Corner Rd Faunce Corner Plaza Dartmouth, MA 02747 Phone: (508) 993-7827 www.quiznos.com After a good work out at Healthtrax gym, my friends and I had lunch at Quiznos Sub and did a wheelchair accessibility review of the place. There is one handicap parking space conveniently located right in front of Quiznos Sub. [...]
Carrie Mulderink Illinois wcw2@comcast.net Carrie Mulderink, an 18 year old girl with Cerebral Palsy, from the State of Illinois wrote a play for her Creative Writing class about various experiences of discrimination that she’s experienced throughout her life, just because of her disability. Mr. Glen Brown, Carrie’s Creative Writing teacher suggested that Carrie contact Kenny [...]
290 Route 130 Forestdale, MA 02644-9998 Phone: 800-275-8777 While traveling home from Sandwich, we came upon the US Post Office in Forestdale MA so we decided to stop in to see how wheelchair accessible, especially knowing that not all US Post Offices in MA are accessible. Handicapped parking spaces are conveniently located right in [...]
290 Route 130 Forestdale, MA 02644 Phone: (508) 888-2200 www.sandwichtaverna.com Yesterday, while my friends and I were traveling through Sandwich we stopped for lunch at Sandwich Taverna and found it is wheelchair accessible with just a few minor exceptions. The restaurant beautiful for it is set in a southwestern motif with a comforting fireplace, [...]
Rte 6 A Bourne, MA 02561 508-888-7010 www.christmastreeshops.com Getting an early start on the holiday shopping is always a good idea so today my friends and I went to the Christmas Tree Shop in Sandwich which is on Cape Cod and were happy to see that it is fully wheelchair accessible. There are plenty of [...]
179 G A R Hwy Swansea, MA 02777-3214 Phone: 508-324-0742 Last night, my friends and I went to Mr. Peepers Ice Cream and were disappointed to find that it is not very wheelchair accessible. There are no handicap parking spaces in Mr. Peeper’s parking lot. Entering Mr. Peepers is difficult in my wheelchair for [...]
250 Faunce Corner Rd. North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Phone: 508-999-2171 Website: www.healthtrax.com You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC7e0CTEI3Y Last week my mom treated me to a membership of Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness Center after seeing how fully wheelchair accessible it is as well as the great equipment/programs they have to offer to persons in wheelchairs. This week I went [...]
81 Faunce Corner Mall Rd Dartmouth, MA Phone: 508-994-7031 http://www.kohls.com/ I went to Kohl’s on Monday to shop for a gym bag for me to bring to Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness Center and was happy to see that Kohl’s is fully wheelchair accessible. I was very excited for it was my first day going to Healthtrax gym [...]
Body Point Designs 558 First Avenue South Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone: 800-547-5716 http://www.bodypoint.com/ Wheelchair manufacturers clearly state that their wheelchair seatbelts are used ONLY for posture positioning and support and are NOT designed or intended to protect wheelchair seated passengers in a vehicle during transport. Yet since there are no State or Federal laws [...]
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In loving memory of my grandfather, 'Bud' McAuliffe.
