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Explore Florida’s Accessible Beaches with Special Wheelchairs

One of the most amazing inventions for wheelchair users is surprisingly one of the most low-tech. It's the beach wheelchair, and it's allowing people ...

ACCESSIBILITY RATING: 4/5

In early January, I took a trip to New York City to be filmed for a cable documentary. The production company, based on m...

Every time I travel, I take a quick moment right before I open my hotel room door to breathe, look up at the sky, and hope for the best.

In the Uni...

a wheelchair user guide to seaworld orlando

I have two children, ages 9 and 7, and I relish any opportunity to provide them with "normal" childhood experiences. As a disabled single mother, it's...

You've got some Christmas money burning a hole in your pocket, you've read up on my tips for overcoming your fear of traveling with your wheelchair, a...

top 10 eyeroll worth things not to say to a wheelchair user

Can you hear the sound of my eyes violently rolling upwards as I get yet another well-meaning but usually tacky and/or condescending comment or questi...

ACCESSIBILITY RATING: 5/5

On a recent overnight trip to visit a friend in Sarasota, I needed wheelchair accessible accommodations near Siesta Key B...

Having been born and raised in South Florida, visiting the beach used to be as routine for me as going to the grocery store. However, losing my abilit...

We've all heard the nightmares - bent or broken chairs, hotel rooms that are anything but accessible, cobblestones, no dropped curbs... The list of ob...

how to overcome the fear of wheelchair travel

Navigating the airport. Boarding the plane. Finding an accessible bathroom. Getting into taxis. Finding a hotel room that meets my needs. Cobblestones...