254 Centre Street Middleborough, MA Phone: 508- 947-9830 My friends and I often drive by Central Café, located in the center of my home town of Middleboro. We’ve heard that it has awesome pizza. Sadly, we’ve never been able to try the pizza because Central Café has NO wheelchair accessible entrance. It has a small step [...]
47 Long Pond Road Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: 508-746-2942 http://www.friendlys.com/ Yesterday, my friends and I traveled to TD Bank North in Plymouth to cash a check because it’s where CSI does their banking. While in Plymouth, we stopped for lunch at Friendly’s and were pleased to find it is very wheelchair accessible. There are plenty [...]
100 Stockwell Drive Avon, Ma 02322 Phone: 508-580-4900 http://www.jordans.com/ Josh, Amanda and I went to M.O.M at Jordan’s Furniture to experience the action of the Motion Odyssey Movies, especially the moving seats and 3-D experience. I was very pleased to find M.O.M. is fully wheelchair accessible, with only one obstacle. There are many handicap parking [...]
Dear Kenny & co readers, It has come to our attention that the Massachusetts State Budget cuts, in its present form has the potential to “significantly reduce or eliminate service for nearly one third of the 33,000 people being served by the Department of Mental Retardation/Department of Developmental Services (DMR/DDS)”. Services at risk include Family [...]
4 David Brown Blvd. Fairhaven, MA 02719 Phone: 508-996-4828 www.carouselskate.com/ About once a month, I go roller skating at the Carousel Family Fun Center in Fairhaven and I thought it would be nice if others out there got an idea on how handicapped accessible the building is. First of all, the handicapped parking is [...]
2245 Route 132 P.O.Box 188 West Barnstable, MA 02668 Phone: 508-362-6500 www.ymcacapecod.org I go swimming every week at the YMCA in West Barnstable so I decided it was finally time to do a review on how handicapped accessible it is when I go there. I will start with the parking; the handicap parking is very [...]
1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard Uncasville, CT 06382 Phone: 1-888-226-7711 http://www.mohegansun.com/gateway/playing.html Recently, Jamie and Crew took a 3 day get away to Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut and here is our wheelchair accessibility review of our stay. Please keep in mind that we stayed in the hotel for two nights. The entrance for those spending just [...]
Southern New England 110 Royal Little Drive Providence, RI 02904 Phone: 401-868-2000 Road Service: 800-AAA-HELP http://www.aaa.com/ Today, my friends and I were traveling along Rte 24 in Brockton, on our way home from an appointment for the Auto Ambulator at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital. Amanda was driving and Ric and I were seated in the back [...]
90 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02115 Phone: 617-778-0089 http://lironboy.ipower.com/ While traveling in Boston this past Monday, we came upon Lir Irish Pub & Restaurant. We thought since it was the day before Saint Patrick’s Day, it would be fun to stop in for some lunch. We were very disappointed to discover this Irish establishment does not have any accessible seating. Lir Irish [...]
909 Boylston St Boston, MA 02115 Phone: 617-236-1767 http://www.pourhouseboston.com/ Yesterday, my friends and I went to Boston for my appointment at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. After my appointment, we traveled a short distance to grab some lunch at Pour House Bar and Grill, an Irish Pub. It felt wonderful having lunch at an Irish [...]
"To help make the world more sensitive, respectful, safer and accessible to all."
In loving memory of my grandfather, 'Bud' McAuliffe.
