Airlines: request a special seat - usually they put you in the bulkhead seats. I prefer the rearmost seats so I can get dragged to the restroom without the entire plane seeing me. The airline will either check your wheelchair if it is a power chair - and transfer you to one of their chairs until you get to the gate, there they will put you into a narrow chair to get you through the narrow airplane aisles to your seat. If you are in a manual chair they will let you stay in your chair up to the plane gate and switch you over to the narrow chair to get into the plane. Make sure you have your batteries labeled as sealed and the controls labeled. Keep loose items with you. You are allowed to take components (legs, charger, etc.) onto the plane with you although the attendants will put them in a closet. You are not limited to one carry-on as far as that is concerned - at least by law. EDUCATE yourself first so you know your rights - you can email to this list therefore you can use Google to look up information.
Hotels: request a wheelchair accessible room. It will be set up so you can use the room and bathroom safely. In the US most motels and hotels have these rooms, availability is the issue, so ask all the questions you can and ask to speak to a manager if you don't get satisfaction otherwise. Transportation: Google wheelchair accessible transportation for the area you are going to such as: "wheelchair accessible transportation Baltimore" and this will assist you in different options. > -----Original Message----- > From: Akua [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:01 PM > To: tmic-list@eskimo.com > Subject: [TMIC] how to travel? > > I've got to figure out how to travel. > > Are there special hotels for paraplegics? > How do people in wheelchairs get on and off planes? > > I am in torment because my daddy just died and > I will miss the funeral. > > I recently moved from another city back to my newly rehabbe house > but it was excruciating. I planned what to eat and when and when to drink > for days before, paid hundreds of dollars for the van for a mere > 90 minute drive... etc... > > Akua > -- > http://www.akuadesigns.etsy.com > http://www.artfarm.com