703 Washington Street Quincy, MA, 02169 Phone: 617-222-6999 MBTA Harbor Express: http://www.harborexpress.com/commuters/ Harbor Island Ferry: http://www.harborexpress.com/harborislands/ Please Read October 1, 2009 Amendment Below! Recently my mom, Ric, Tony and I headed to Harbor Express in Quincy to take a ferry to Bumpkin Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands. We were excited about seeing the wheelchair [...]
249 East Washington Street North Attleboro, MA 02760 Phone: 508-643-0605 Toll free: 888-RIDE-AWAY http://www.ride-away.com/ Since becoming disabled 22 years ago, my parents have always provided me with a full size wheelchair accessible conversion van. I use this van when I go out with my mom and dad; travel on vacations; transport my Beach Wheelchair to the beach; [...]
– July 5, 2009 – July 31, 2009 8 Industrial Park Road Plymouth, MA 02360-4828 Phone: 508-746-0378 http://www.visit-plymouth.com/shuttle.htm Schedule & Stops: http://www.p-b.com/ahs-schedule.html Recently while in Plymouth my mom, Ric, Tony and I saw the America’s Hometown Shuttle letting off and picking up tourists/visitors at Plymouth Rock and Mayflower II . We had heard this shuttle takes tourists [...]
158 Centre Street Middleborough, MA 02346 Phone: 508-947-9622 http://www.mobil.com/ Another gas station with a convenience store in downtown of my hometown of Middleborough is the Middleoro Mobil & Stop n Save. It is also wheelchair accessible with only a few obstacles. Oddly, there are NO handicap parking spaces in the parking lot. A cement sloped [...]
200 Center Street Middleboro MA 02346 Phone: 800-528-6297 http://www.cumberlandfarms.com/ Another gas station with a convenience store in downtown of my hometown of Middleborough is a Cumberland Farms Gulf Station. It is wheelchair accessible with only a few obstacles. One handicap parking space is located on the side of the building and close to wheelchair access [...]
26 High Street Middleborough, MA 02346 Phone: 508-947-0337 http://www.citgo.com/ While reviewing businesses in my hometown of Middleborough, Tony and I stopped to buy a bottle of water at the convenience store at the Louco Citgo. It located at the intersection of Centre Street , Station Street and High Street. It’s the first gas station in downtown [...]
Centre Street Middelboro, MA 02346 http://www.middleborough.com/ My mom, Ric, Tony and I were strolling along the sidewalks in Middleborough yesterday to see how wheelchair accessible the businesses are in my home town. We came across a pedestrian crosswalk, located right in front of Flat Iron Cafe in Middleborough on Centre Street only to discover there is NO [...]
1 Harborside Drive East Boston, MA Phone: 1-800-235-6426 TTY – 1-800-262-3335 http://www.massport.com/logan/ Last week Tony, Amanda and I went to Logan International Airport to pick up my very good friends Ric and Douglas who were returning from a trip to Brazil. Before I left I made a sign so that Ric and Douglas would be able to [...]
Boston City Hall One City Hall Square Boston, MA 02201 Phone: 617-635-4000 http://www.cityofboston.gov/ Today, my mom, friends and I traveled to the Family Advocacy Day rally at the Massachusetts State House. The purpose of the rally was to ask our State Legislators to PLEASE restore the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) funding and other disability [...]
249 East Washington Street North Attleboro , MA 02760 Phone: 508-643-0605 http://www.ride-away.com/ Yesterday, my mom, friends and I traveled to Ride-Away in North Attleboro and were pleased to find it very wheelchair accessible. Ride-Away is America’s largest provider of accessible vehicles and vehicle modifications. The conversion van I travel in was purchased from Ride-Away; Ride-Away installed [...]
"To help make the world more sensitive, respectful, safer and accessible to all."
In loving memory of my grandfather, 'Bud' McAuliffe.
