INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)– Every IndyGo bus is required to have equipment to secure wheel chairs as part of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). I-Team 8 has found that the equipment used to secure ...
AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Lap belts must rest low on the pelvis, “If it’s not on the thigh, it’s too high,” angled 30–70 degrees from vertical.
For many people who have a disability, taking public transportation is a necessity. But it can also be a nightmare. The barriers abound. It can be extremely difficult to get up and down the stairs on ...
More than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S. Capitol decades ago to demand that Congress pass the Americans with Disabilities Act. When they arrived, 60 left their wheelchairs and ...
For many people who have a disability, taking public transportation is a necessity. But it can also be a nightmare. The barriers abound. It can be extremely difficult to get up and down the stairs on ...
John Morris of WheelchairTravel.org said his chair is regularly dinged and damaged in airplane baggage holds. Photo Credit: Courtesy of John Morris In contrast to the requirements imposed on bus lines ...
TRB is convening the first committee meeting on February 5, 2020 to determine the feasibility of in-cabin wheelchair restraint systems in Passenger Aircraft and if feasible, the ways in which ...