The Traveling Wheelchair

President Bill Clinton’s Rally for Congressman Barney Frank Taunton High School 50 Williams Street Taunton, MA 02780 Campaign Website: http://barneyfrank.net/home Sunday my mom, Tony, Jowanna and I had the wonderful opportunity of attending President Bill Clinton’s Rally supporting Barney Frank for Congress which was located at the Taunton High School. We volunteered at the event [...]

1000 C. Rodney French Blvd. New Bedford, MA 02744 Phone: 508-979-1745 http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/Tourism/Attractions/FortTaberPark.html My Aunt Nancy, mom, Tony, Jowanna and I headed to Fort Taber Park in New Bedford because a friend told us it has a great fishing pier and I love to fish. We thought we might have luck catching a fish in New Bedford [...]

Day Boulevard South Boston, MA Phone: 617-727-5290 Website: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/castle.htm    Jowanna, Kevin and I visited Castle Island, a 22-acre Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Park and I was really impressed with the wheelchair accessibility of this beautiful park. There are plenty of accessible parking spaces located in front of the parking lot. Castle [...]

“Southie” Beaches Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Carson Beach, L Street Beach and M Street Beach Day Boulevard Phone: 617-727-8865 http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/placestogo/location.php?nid=6&sid=53 South Boston, also known as “Southie,” has the longest stretch of uninterrupted beach in the Boston area. These beaches include Carson, L Street, M Street and Pleasure Bay; all are owned and maintained [...]

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 10 Park Plaza, Suite 3910 Boston, MA 02116 Toll Free: 1-800-392-6100 Deaf or Hard of Hearing: TTY (617) 222-5146 Accessibility Hotline: 1-800-392-6100 (press 6) Website: http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/accessible_services/ While attending Boston’s 20th Anniversary Celebration of the ADA I saw a wheelchair accessible MBTA bus parked inside the Boston Commons at the entrance on [...]

Boston Commons Corner of Beacon and Charles Street Boston, MA 02108 http://adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/ada_20th_anniversary    Yesterday I was proud to attend Boston’s 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which has improved my life as well as the lives of the 60 million other people with disabilities currently living in our nation. The Americans with [...]

Massachusetts State House Carl Richardson State House ADA Coordinator 24 Beacon Street Boston, MA o2133 Phone: 617-727-1100 http://www.mass.gov/ The Massachusetts State House now provides full and equal accessibility for citizens of all abilities THANKS to Carl Richardson III, State House ADA Coordinator for the Bureau of State Office Buildings. Yesterday, my mom, Scott, Kevin and [...]

Disabling Discrimination ends with Ability Education Programs Published by Carrie Mulderink on Jun 30, 2010 http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/implement-disability-awareness-programs.html   Please sign this petition for more disability awareness and education courses in schools. The lives of millions of people with disabilities can be changed with the passage of this initiative. We need to stand together as a proud [...]

South Shore Drive South Yarmouth, MA 02664 http://www.yarmouth.ma.us/index.aspx?NID=672 I celebrated this 4th of July at the beautiful Bass River Beach in South Yarmouth with my family, friends and masses of other beach lovers. Bass River Beach is a very wheelchair friendly and accessible beach! Bass River Beach has a large parking lot; the cost to [...]

John Seewer, Correspondent Associated Press, Toledo Name of Article 541 N. Superior St. Toledo, OH 43614 Phone: 419-255-7113 Website: http://www.ap.org/ohio/ ABC News /US Wire: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10606203 John Seewer, Correspondent, Associated Press is a very compassionate, caring and courageous news reporter whose not afraid of trying to make the world a better place. John’s recent news story which [...]