Taxi companies, local governments force disabled into the shadows
Local governments do little to protect the rights of disabled and wheelchair users, allowing taxi companies to violate the ADA equivalent service mandate.
An experience with wheelchair assistance on KLM in April 2015
A power wheelchair user traveled round trip between Moscow and Bucharest, with a connection in Amsterdam. Details of his experience are recounted here.
Review: Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow – Wheelchair Access
Hotel room with an accessible roll-in shower and grab bars at the Radisson Royal Moscow Hotel – on the Moskva River.
Review: New York Marriott East Side Hotel – Wheelchair Access
A review of the wheelchair accessibility of the New York Marriott East Side Hotel. We tested a room with a King size bed and roll-in shower.
Wheelchair Access at One World Observatory
A review of the wheelchair accessibility of the brand-new One World Trade Center Observatory in New York City.
Wheelchairs Belong on Sidewalks, Not Streets
Article detailing the life or death risk to disabled wheelchair users forced to roll in the street when sidewalks are not accessible.
Marriott mobile reservation app not open to the disabled
As a frequent guest of Marriott Hotels and a top-tier member in their rewards program, I book rooms…
Disabled wheelchair user kicked out of Bucharest casino
While visiting Bucharest, Romania, I was kicked out of a casino for being disabled and in a wheelchair. “Wheelchairs are not allowed,” an employee told me.
An experience with wheelchair assistance on Kenya Airways
Reviewing my wheelchair assistance experience on Kenya Airways. I checked a power wheelchair and used an aisle chair to board the Boeing 787 to Hong Kong.
Subscribe to the Wheelchair Travel Newsletter for accessible travel updates.
Receive accessible travel stories straight to your inbox, and learn from one of the world's most traveled wheelchair users.