The Traveling Wheelchair

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 girl old 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 […]

290 Route 130
Forestdale, MA 02644-9998
Phone: 800-275-8777
 

While traveling home from Sandwich, we came upon the US Post Office in Forestdale MA so we decided to stop in to see how wheelchair accessible, especially knowing that not all US Post Offices in MA are accessible.  Handicapped parking spaces are conveniently located right in the front of the […]

71 East Grove Street
Massachusetts, 02346
Phone: 508-946-2010

http://www.middleboro.k12.ma.us/MHS/Index.htm
 

History will be made today and I’m proud that I performed my civic duty by voting! I closely follow politics. I listen to the news and watch all the debates because I believe it is very important for me and all citizens to know and understand all the issues that affect us […]

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 […]

15 South Park Avenue
(Rte 44- between Court and Water Street)
Plymouth, MA 02360

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

As I was traveling through Plymouth a few weeks ago, I saw a new ‘Obama 08’ Plymouth Democratic Headquarters’ office  so my friends and I decided to stop and offer our time for volunteer work. I closely follow politics because I believe in getting […]

 
Water Street
Plymouth, MA

http://www.visit-plymouth.com/plymouthrock.htm

My previous wheelchair accessibility review of 
Plymouth Rock was done in July when it was under major construction and wasn’t accessible for me or any persons in wheelchairs to see.

Today my friends and I traveled to Plymouth to see if the major construction and repairs of the Plymouth Rock Portico were completed and we were […]

24 Beacon Street
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-722-2000

http://www.sec.state.ma.us/trs/

My friends and I posted two previous wheelchair accessibility reviews of the Massachusetts State House in which we gave it 3 Stars on June 19, 2008 and 4 Stars on July 15, 2008. During our July 19 visit we met Carl Richardson, State House ADA Coordinator and Kinley, his beautiful black lab […]

800 Boylston St
(between Fairfield St & Gloucester St)
Boston, MA 02116

www.usps.com

Last week my friends and I stopped at a U.S. Post Office that is conveniently located at the Prudential Center in Boston. It is a full service U.S. Post Office and is very wheelchair accessible. I found it very spacious and easy for me to maneuver […]