The Traveling Wheelchair

125 Faunce Corner Rd
Faunce Corner Plaza
Dartmouth, MA 02747
Phone: (508) 993-7827
www.quiznos.com
 
After a good work out at Healthtrax gym, my friends and I had lunch at Quiznos Sub and did a wheelchair accessibility review of the place. There is one handicap parking space conveniently located right in front of Quiznos […] Continue Reading…

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 […] Continue Reading…

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 […] Continue Reading…

290 Route 130
Forestdale, MA 02644
Phone: (508) 888-2200
www.sandwichtaverna.com
 
Yesterday, while my friends and I were traveling through Sandwich we stopped for lunch at Sandwich Taverna and found it is wheelchair accessible with just a few minor exceptions. The restaurant beautiful for it is set in a southwestern motif with a […] Continue Reading…

Rte 6 A
Bourne, MA 02561
508-888-7010
www.christmastreeshops.com 
 
Getting an early start on the holiday shopping is always a good idea so today my friends and I went to the Christmas Tree Shop in Sandwich which is on Cape Cod and were happy to see that it is fully wheelchair accessible. There are […] Continue Reading…

179 G A R Hwy
Swansea, MA 02777-3214
Phone: 508-324-0742
 
Last night, my friends and I went to Mr. Peepers Ice Cream and were disappointed to find that it is not very wheelchair accessible. There are no handicap parking spaces in Mr. Peeper’s parking lot. 

Entering Mr. Peepers is difficult in my […] Continue Reading…

250 Faunce Corner Rd.
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Phone: (508)999-2171
www.healthtrax.com
 
Last week my mom treated me to a membership of  Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness Center  after seeing how fully wheelchair accessible it is as well as the great equipment/programs they have to offer to persons in wheelchairs.

This week I went to […] Continue Reading…

81 Faunce Corner Mall Rd
Dartmouth, MA
Phone: 508-994-7031
http://www.kohls.com/

I went to Kohl’s on Monday to shop for a gym bag for me to bring to Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness Center and was happy to see that Kohl’s is fully wheelchair accessible. I was very excited for it was my first day going […] Continue Reading…

2 Route 44
Raynham, MA 02767
Phone: (508) 823-2020
www.hellobennys.com

My friends and I received a list of recommended safety items to store in our van in case we were ever in accident. We went to Bennys to buy an emergency seatbelt cutter and a hammer and we were very pleased to see […] Continue Reading…

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 […] Continue Reading…