The Traveling Wheelchair

Visitors Center
1250 Hancock Street
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone: (617) 770-1175

http://www.nps.gov/adam/index.htm
 

After reading a recent story in the Boston Globe about the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy and the new DVD Movie about the Adams Family of Quincy I thought it would be a good time to visit this place and do wheelchair accessibility review. Many from around […]

18 Jackson Street
Middleboro, MA 02346
Phone: 508-947-1969

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/4510

Once upon a time in the town of Middleborough, Massachusetts lived two very important and famous ‘Little People’ named General Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton) and Mrs. Tom Thumb (Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump). I always thought that the story of General Tom and Mrs. Thumb was a fairy tale until […]

 
Middleboro Ave.
East Taunton
Phone: 508-822-7405

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/southeast/mass.htm

Massasoit State Park is only a mile from my home and right on the Middleboro and Taunton Town Line.  I had never been here before so my friends and I went to check it out and see how wheelchair accessible this State Park is.
When you drive into the Massasoit State Park there is a […]

226 Main Street
Wareham, MA 02571
Phone: 508-295-3800

www.easternbank.com
 

I decided to check out the Eastern bank in Wareham on Main Street after Josh, my roommate’s doctor’s appointment. I decided to do a wheelchair accessibility review of this Eastern Bank when I saw it had steps leading to main entry door. I think all banks should always be fully […]

558 South Street
Raynham, MA 02767
Phone:  508-823-1344

http://raynhampubliclibrary.org/       
 

Recently my friends and I visited the Raynham Public Library to do a wheelchair accessibility review. We’ve been visiting various town libraries to see which ones are fully wheelchair accessible and which ones have adaptive equipment and offer specialized services for the disabled.
There is a main entry door on the […]

 
30 Town Wharf Rd.
Plymouth, MA 02360
Phone: 508 746 5354
Website: 
http://www.cabbyshack.com/index.htm

Last night I decided to head back to Cabby Shack to do a review of wheelchair accessibility of the second floor night life at the Cabby shack since I heard so much about how great it is.  I already did a wheelchair accessibility review of
Cabby […]

3035 Cranberry Highway
Wareham, MA
Phone: 508-295-0524

I was traveling in Wareham the other day and saw Hong Kong Island. It was time for lunch so my friends and I decided to stop for lunch and write a wheelchair accessibility review. The entry doors are wide but not automatic. Once inside the foyer, it is very spacious with […]

12 Pleasant Street
Taunton, MA 02780

http://www.tauntonlibrary.org/

I’ve been asked to review the Libraries in Massachusetts by a person at the State Board of Library Commissioners who oversees the grants to Libraries to improve services for people with disabilities. I decided to start with the libraries in my area. The Taunton Library is only ten minutes from my home. […]

Five Water Street
P.O. Box 111
Fall River, MA 02722-0111
Phone: 508-678-1100

www.battleshipcove.org

 This is one place that I will never get to see because there is no wheelchair access onto the ship. Even if one was to maneuver onto the steep boarding  gang way, you could not venture off the deck area because the different levels are accessible by […]