Make plans now to attend the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. This annual event features two weekends full of fun, food and entertainment at a very accessible venue. (read a sample from this article)
I’m on supplemental oxygen and will be traveling to Italy in the summer. I’ve gotten all the details of the trip squared away with the airline, but I’m wondering how to find someone who can refill my tanks when I’m overseas. We will be staying in Rome. Do you have any suggestions? Read the answer...
On June 25, 2011 the Crotched Mountain Foundation marked the completion of their Outdoor Recreation Master Plan, with the grand opening of two new wheelchair-accessible trails on their main campus in Greenfield, New Hampshire. Located just 75 miles from Boston, these trails are open to the public and present an excellent opportunity for wheelchair-users and slow walkers to get out and enjoy Mother Nature. More...
Getting around downtown Houston is about to become easier, with the addition of a new trolley route in May 2012. With a combination of federal grants and private support from British oil and gas giant BG Group, the GREENLINK will operate seven natural gas-powered wheelchair accessible buses on a circuit from City Hall to the George R. Brown Convention Center, with 20 stops along the way.
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14 January 2012, 1:14 pm
French Court Rules Against easyJet It what could be considered a case of karmic justice last week, a French judge found easyJet guilty of discrimination, for denying passage to three disabled passengers in 2008 and 2009. It’s long been the British air carrier’s contention that … Continue reading →
5 January 2012, 12:37 pm
2012 May See Upgraded Access in NYC Taxis The long battle over the lack of accessible taxis in New York City appears to have come to an end in the last days of 2011, with U.S. District Court Judge George Daniels ruling that the current fleet of largely … Continue reading →
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