Drivers With Disabilities, Handicap Accessible Vehicles, Mobility Equipment, Senior Citizens

For seniors, having a safe, reliable method of transportation is one of the most important aspects of remaining active and content. However, getting behind the wheel of a standard vehicle may not be the most secure or comfortable option. If you’ve suffered an injury or have limited range of motion,...

Seniors-&-NMEDA-Dealers

Mobility Equipment, Safety Tips, Senior Citizens

With age, it’s natural for behavioral and driving habits to change. As we get older, it’s important to notice these changes and adjust appropriately for our benefit as well as for others. When driving is concerned, driving defensively is always suggested, but aging means you should be aware of that...

Ally-to-PWD

Caregivers, Living With a Disability, Senior Citizens

When things are left unspoken, there are a wide variety of interpretations that can be made. Left to chance, those messages can often lead to errors and unintended connotations. Having an open dialogue between people with disabilities and others is beneficial for everyone to avoid these types of mistakes. Most...

BraunAbility_Honda_13-hi[3]

Caregivers, Drivers With Disabilities, Handicap Accessible Vehicles, Newsroom, Senior Citizens, Wheelchair Accessible

TAMPA, Florida (April 15, 2015) – The National Mobility Equipment Dealers Associations (NMEDA) kicks off its National Mobility Awareness Month campaign today, and marks the fourth year for its highly anticipated and successful annual contest in which four deserving “Local Heroes” will be awarded a wheelchair accessible vehicle tailored to...

Alexander_learning_cabin_control

Drivers With Disabilities, Senior Citizens

If you have been recently injured and want to drive an accessible or handicap car or van, your physician may recommend (and your state may require) driver training by a Driver Rehabilitation Specialist before you can take the wheel of that vehicle. Actually, having a driving assessment is strongly...

airport-line.png

Living With a Disability, Senior Citizens

Seniors Breeze Through Airport Lines—Sort Of Going on an accessible vacation? You should know that in March, the Transportation Security Administration posted a sign in four airports notifying passengers age 75 and older that they can leave light jackets on and don’t have to remove their shoes while going...