Wheelchair Travel TipsWritten by Nashville
Traveling on Holidays has always been fun. Actually, it has become one of our itineraries during this most anticipated season of year. But you know what guys; even disabled persons love to travel. They love to stay out of confines of their wheelchairs, enjoy their lives to fullest, and realize that there’s still a wonderful world that’s waiting for them out there. However, there are certain considerations for wheelchair users to make in preparing and planning for a travel.According to article “The Disabled Wheelchair Traveler – Holiday Tips” at www.apparelyzed.com , author has put together some travel tips which will hopefully help in planning a holiday for a wheelchair user. Most of tips are common sense but there may be a few you hadn’t thought of! To sum up, traveling tips where presented in this article for these people in terms of locations and hotels, flights and travel, and medication and mobility. In choosing where to go and stay, if you book your hotel directly by telephone, email hotel and ask them to confirm your booking by sending you a booking confirmation reference code. This will be an evidence of your booking when you get there, just in case for some reason hotel denies a booking was made. This truly happens! In choosing plane for your trip, remember that not all airline companies are equal when it comes to disabled traveler. Regarding your medication and mobility, some airlines will require a “fit to travel certificate” from your doctor and a letter to say you are taking specific drugs. The letter from your doctor may come in handy if you are stopped by customs as well if you are on powerful medication.
| | Wheelchair safetyWritten by Paul Hood
Safety on wheels is a concern for everyone. The question is how.Keeping a safe environment for wheelchair users is easier said than done. There are a diverse set of factors that are involved which make ensuring safety on wheels quite difficult. However numerous these may be, a general set of tips is helpful to decrease occurrence of wheelchair-related accidents if not totally eradicate it. We are working on a premise that rider is able enough to carry himself using wheelchair. Cases when patient needs assistance for mobility are another case and won’t be hold much weight here though there are some advice that will be applicable to them as well. A very sensible thing to follow is to keep your wheelchair in a good working condition. Much like other things say a car, wheelchair requires ample amounts of maintenance to keep it in a tip-top working condition. A well maintained wheelchair significantly reduces risk of mishaps happening. Just imagine yourself cruising with your wheelchair on expressway negotiating a 100 mile/hour run when suddenly your wheel just runs off. The result won’t be pretty. Of course it’s an overstatement but from example you can see possible outcome of this negligence. A sudden breakdown of your wheelchair will most likely result to a broken hip or a twisted ankle to name a few. The condition of you wheel is very important to your well-being and safety.
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