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 [...]

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 [...]

1361 Middleboro Ave East Taunton, MA 02718 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 Middleborough 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]