The Traveling Wheelchair

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Entries for the ‘State and Federal’ Category

Middleborough High School – Precinct 2 Voting Poll

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 […]

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RERC WTS - Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wheelchair Transportation Safety

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 […]

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Congressman Barney Frank

 
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 […]

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‘Obama 08’ Plymouth Democratic Headquarters

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 […]

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Plymouth Rock

 
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 […]

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Massachusetts State House

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 […]

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U.S. Post Office at Prudential Center

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 […]

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Elmwood US Post Office

736 Bedford Street
Elmwood MA 02337
Phone: 800-275-8777

www.usps.com
 

Yesterday my friends and I stopped at the US Post Office in Elmwood to buy some stamps and do wheelchair accessibility review. I especially like to review all US Post Offices I see since I discovered that not all US Post Offices are wheelchair accessible.

This Post Office has a wheelchair […]

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Bridgewater US Post Office

169 Broad Street
Bridgewater MA 02324
Phone: 800-275-8777

www.usps.com
 

My friends and I went to the Bridgewater US Post Office to buy some stamps and do a wheelchair accessibility review. This US Post Office has a handicap parking space right next to a wheelchair accessible ramp that leads to the main entry door. The ramp has railings on both sides […]

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Falmouth Post Office

120 Main Street
Falmouth, MA
Phone: 800 275-8777

www.usps.com

While I was in Falmouth last week I stopped by the Falmouth Post Office to purchase a stamp and do a wheelchair accessibility review. I especially like to review US Post Offices because I discovered that not all US Post Offices are wheelchair accessible and I strongly believe that all US Post […]

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