Take the concept of giving and multiply it times two. Access 2 Mobility in Tyler secretly chose two East Texas Families received a new Wheelchair Accessible Van and big break they’ve been waiting for. Representative Susan Harris was surprised with the donors’ generosity. “People just kept giving and I thought that was kind of neat,”…

The experiences that I write about on this blog are shaped by my own abilities and limitations ⁠— a perspective that is unique to me. While I try to anticipate the needs of all of my readers, I realize that it can’t be done perfectly. To expand the perspective of this website, I routinely feature…

Cruise Planners – Accessible Cruising Cruise Planner – Easy Access Travel Specializes in Accessible Cruise Vacations and Packaged Land Tours for Persons with Physical Disabilities. Consider a Cruise for your next Family Reunion. A Cruise will meet the needs of everyone in your group, a family member with a disability, active adults, teenagers, children and…

Chris Scott was falling towards the ground above Long Island, New York, when he realized that something was wrong. An experienced skydiving instructor with around 6,000 jumps behind him, this should have just been another day at work. Strapped to Scott’s chest was a tandem jumper named Gary Messina, for whom the jump was an…

If you have been in an accident that has left you with a spinal cord injury, your life has changed. You may be able to receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA) if you can prove that your injury is so severe that you are unable to work and earn a living. The…

Like many other consumer horror stories that end in a corporate apology, it took the work of incensed social media users for JetBlue to publicly acknowledge that it shouldn’t have given a passenger’s custom wheelchair away to the wrong person. “The customer did not have the experience we want to provide to our customers who…

Our biggest concern at Access 2 Mobility and ATC Conversions is for the safety of our drivers. We are constantly evaluating how we can make things safer. Our latest change was to add a backup battery and move the location of the hydraulic pump to help ensure that the occupants are able to exit in…

Top 8 Mobile Apps for Persons with Disabilities When 12-year-old Alexander Knoll saw a man in a wheelchair struggle to get through a heavy door in his hometown of Post Falls, Idaho, he was struck with an ingenious idea. What if there were an app or website that could communicate to persons with disabilities which…