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Prepping Your Handicap Accessible Vehicle for Long-Term Travel
Drivers With Disabilities, Handicap Accessible VehiclesWhether it’s for a business-related sabbatical, or a family trip overseas, there are certain situations when your mobility vehicle may have to sit, not driven, for extended periods of time.
Although much of the prep work for mobility vehicles…

The Right Way to Shop for Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
Handicap Accessible Vehicles, Mobility Equipment, Wheelchair AccessibleFinding and buying a wheelchair accessible vehicle is a process that can’t be rushed. This is a purchase that can potentially redefine your day-to- day experiences, your independence and the lives of those around you. That’s why taking the…

Caregivers: Consider These 5 Things Before Buying a Mobility Vehicle
Caregivers, Handicap Accessible Vehicles, Mobility Equipment, Wheelchair AccessibleEarlier this month, we talked about how caregivers can provide even better care by taking time to tend to their own needs. To continue our focus on caregivers during National Family Caregivers Month, today we're covering five useful things to…

3 Best Times to Buy an Accessible Vehicle
Wheelchair AccessibleWhen is the best time to buy a new (or new to you) accessible or handicap vehicle? Some folks like to get a new vehicle every 3 to 5 years. More budget-minded people say mid-February through early June is the best time because we get income…

Save the Dates for Abilities Expo 2012
Living With a Disability
In 2012, the Abilities Expo has scheduled 6 exhibitions across the country for people with disabilities. The first will be in Atlanta Feb. 17-19.
This unique exhibition displays the latest accessible products and services to people…

NMEDA Works Hand-in-Hand with Mobility Specialists and You
Wheelchair Accessible
It takes specialists to create wheelchair accessible vehicles for the more than 1 million wheelchair users in the U.S. It would be a nightmare if you had to find all those specialists on your own: an occupational therapist, Certified…

Is it Time to Get an Accessible Vehicle?
Wheelchair Accessible
Wrangling that wheelchair into the family sedan may not have been so difficult a year or two ago; but each year we put off switching to a handicapped or accessible van, we notice our strength decreases and our pain increases.…