The Traveling Wheelchair

The Enterprise Alice C. Elwell Enterprise Correspondent 1324 Belmont St., Unit 102 Brockton, MA 02301 Phone: 508-586-6200 Website: http://www.enterprisenews.com/ A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Alice Elwell, a writer for The Enterprise. Alice told me that she and the Editor of The Enterprise had been reading my website; she would like to write a story [...]

Everyone Outdoors Marcy Marchello Website: http://www.everyoneoutdoors.blogspot.com/ Hello Readers, If you are looking for more ways to access and enjoy the outdoors, visit  Everyone Outdoors! In this blog I offer stories and resources for people with disabilities and their recreation companions to further explore Massachusetts, New England, and beyond. Information about places to go, things to do, adaptive recreation equipment, inclusive [...]

The Equal Rights Center 11 Dupont Circle N.W., Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 Toll Free: 866-719-4372 Voice: 202-234-3062 TTY: 202-234-7590 http://www.equalrightscenter.org/ Yesterday Kat Taylor, Project Assistant, Disability Rights Program at The Equal Rights Center (ERC) contacted me to let me know about a press release ERC was ready to release regarding a settlement between ERC and [...]

636 Morris Turnpike Suite 3A Short Hills, NJ  07078 Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation:   http://www.christopherreeve.org/ One Degree of Separation: http://02e39ca.netsolhost.com/onedegree/index2.html Dorothea Stahl, a very compassionate person working with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation recently told me about a new online campaign called One Degree of Separation. I added the information about One Degree of Separation on [...]

The Massachusetts Alliance for 21st Century Disability Policy (MA21) The Arc of Massachusetts 217 South Street Waltham, MA 02453 Phone: 781-891-6270 http://www.arcmass.org/ Friday my mom, Tony, Kevin and I traveled to the Boston Marriott Newton to attend a Conference on Implementing a 21st Century Disability Policy (MA21). This 21st Century Disability Policy (MA21) was developed in [...]

158 Tihonet Road Wareham, MA Phone: 508-322-4000 Website: http://admakepeace.com/ You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgNiCGRhc0c \ Sunday, October 11 my Aunt Nancy, Tony, Kate and I headed to A.D. Makepeace in Wareham for their sixth annual Cranberry Harvest Celebration. The organizers of the festival put a lot of effort in making it accessible for persons in wheelchairs and I [...]

Kenny & Company’s You Tube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7F5iIZxDOE   Recently my friends and I watched a documentary about whales becoming extinct and it brought back fond memories of the beautiful humpback whales we saw on the  Captain John’s Whale Watching Cruise  in July of 2007. We sadly learned that WHALES are becoming EXTINCT because people have been [...]

5 Pine Street Carver, MA .02330 Phone: 877-332-8455 Wesbsite: http://www.edaville.com/ You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNDVTbUAj9c Columbus Day, my mom, Josh, Tony, Ric and I all headed to Edaville USA for the National Cranberry Festival. Edaville USA is a wonderful old-time amusement park for families with young children. We were pleased to find Edaville USA wheelchair friendly and [...]

137 Warren Avenue Plymouth, MA 02360 Phone: (508) 746-1622 Website: http://www.plimoth.org/features/ You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJEOKzU_Qpw With Thanksgiving soon approaching my mom, Ric, Josh and I headed back to Plimoth Plantation to see if there have been any improvements on accessibility. Last time we reviewed this famous tourist attraction was in April of 2008; at this time [...]

  Cranberry Bogs in Carver and Wareham You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEKuRiVXcQE After visiting Flax Pond Farms in Carver, Kelly, Kevin and I headed to Lakeview Street; Dot the owner of Flax Pond Farms kindly told us they were harvesting cranberries here using the water harvesting method. As we drove down the street it didn’t take us [...]