The Traveling Wheelchair

716 Beacon St
Newton MA 02459
Phone: 617-558-1399

http://www.usps.com/
 

While my friends and I were traveling in Newton this week, I saw a U.S. Post office and decided to stop to see if it is wheelchair accessible. I especially like to review U.S. Post Offices since I’ve discovered that NOT all U.S Post Offices are wheelchair accessible.

Parking is not a […]

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 State park and beach that is […]

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 & co and […]

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 handicap parking spaces right up […]

250 Faunce Corner Rd.
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Phone: (508)999-2171

www.healthtrax.com
 

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 to Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness Center on Monday, […]

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 after joining last week […]

2 Route 44
Raynham, MA 02767
Phone: (508) 823-2020

www.hellobennys.com

My friends and I received a list of recommended safety items to store in our van in case we were ever in accident. We went to Bennys to buy an emergency seatbelt cutter and a hammer and we were very pleased to see that Benny’s is fully wheelchair accessible.

Handicap parking […]

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 requiring a wheelchair seated passenger to […]

RERC WTS 
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wheelchair Transportation Safety
University of Michigan
Transportation Research Institute
2901 Baxter Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Website:
http://www.rercwts.org/ 
Re: Transportation Safety for Wheelchair-Seated Travelers

I love to travel and I’m out and about in my van all the time, but I never really gave much thought about how safe I was when traveling until I was […]

 
The Jones Building
29 Broadway
Suite 310
Taunton, MA 02780
Phone: 508-822-4796

http://www.house.gov/frank/ 

Today, my mom, friends and I traveled to the Taunton Office of Congressman Barney Frank, which is located in the Jones Building. We found this office is fully wheelchair accessible, as are his Newton and New Bedford offices in the 4th Congressional District.

Many parking spaces are conveniently located […]