Mobility Aids and MS:Public Transportation and Your Wheelchair

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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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Using a wheelchair, scooter or power chair provides enhanced mobility in and around the house. Sometimes wheelchair users want to go further — across town, across the country or around the world — and the wheelchair has to go, too. Transporting the wheeler and wheelchair is a challenge no...

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Taxi Cabs
Vicki
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 04:34 PM

When I talked about cabs and wheelchairs, I neglected to talk about an exciting new form of public transportation — specifically designed to be wheelchair accessible.

I first heard of this when it was a pilot project, but now these are available in many cities. Check here to see if your city is on the list. It may be a van, but it is accessible, and it is a cab. You should call and not count on just hailing one on the street.

Someone has been listening. Accessibility is becoming more, well, accessible!