The Traveling Wheelchair

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 […]

Route 22 West
P.O. Box 151
Somerville NJ 08876-0151
Phone: 866-501-2968 ext 5701

www.ibotnow.com
 

Today my friends and I traveled to Massasoit Community College to see a demonstration of the iBOT Power Chair.
The iBOT is an AMAZING Wheelchair! 
The iBOT Demonstration was shown by Kate Adams, a representative and product consultant for the Independence Technology.
The Ibot Power Chair has 4 functions on it. Below […]

 
One Bridge Road
Westport, MA 02790
Office (508) 636-3784
Cell (774) 201-1028

http://littlefoxsportfishing.com/
 

Little Fox Sport Fishing Charters is located in the back of 
The Back Eddy Restaurant on the Westport River. When we were recently at The Back Eddy we saw how accessible the boat ramp and pier looked so we decided to inquire if the charter boat is wheelchair […]

Onset Town Pier
Onset, MA
Phone: 508- 295-3883

http://www.hy-linecruises.com/canal/schedule.html

On the 4th of July I went on a Cape Cod Canal Cruise with my mom, dad, grandma and friends. We chose the two hour cruise which left from the Onset Town Pier. It started out as a cloudy 4th of July but the sun was shining by the time we got […]

Summer Street & Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 800-872-7245
TDD/TTY 800-523-6590

http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Station/Station_Page&code=BOS
 
 

We went to South Station in Boston today after our ride on the “T” from Lakeville to Boston. (See our review of the “T”). Since we were here we decided to do a wheelchair accessibility review! I really enjoyed being at South Station for I’ve never been […]

 
The “T”
Toll Free: 1-800-392-6100
Deaf or Hard of Hearing: TTY (617) 222-5146
Main Switchboard: (617) 222-5000
Website :
http://www.mbta.com/
Accessibility:
http://www.mbta.com/accessibility/

Ric, Kate and I  decided to take a ride on the “T” from Lakeville to Boston because we wanted to do a wheelchair accessibility review of the “T”. We purchased tickets at Stars Country Market in Lakeville . The […]

AIRLINE REVIEW
Airlines have strict ADA guidelines they need to follow for disabled which you can view at:
Air Carrier Access Act and
Facts for Air Travelers… from the Aviation Consumer Protection Division.

 I’ve been on two flights since I’ve been disabled and both were horrendous experiences. One was in 1998 from Providence to Orlando and the other […]

17 Standish Avenue
Town Wharf
Plymouth MA 02360
Phone: 1 508 746-2643

http://www.captjohn.com/WhaleWatching/index.htm

 I planned to go on a boat trip with my family and friends. I love whales so I decided to go on a whale watching adventure on Captain John’s Whale Watching cruise out of Plymouth. I was told that they could easily get my power wheelchair on the boat.

When we […]

100 Gaspee Street
Providence, RI 02903
For accessibility information
Phone:1-800-872-7245

Amtrak - Stations - Providence, RI (PVD)

Amtrak - Routes - Northeast

 I took the The Acela Express Train  from Providence RI to Washington DC  in June of 2007 and it was excellent and the staff treated me with great respect and care. I enjoyed my trip going to and from […]