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Tips on Great Gift Giving for the Holidays

  What gift can you give to someone with a disability? While grab bars and wheelchair bags make great stocking stuffers, if you want to give something more…
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Full-Size Handicap Vans Get a Bad Rap

    “Handicap” vans have gotten a bad rap. Traditionally viewed as humble wheelchair accessible vehicles for people with disabilities, they now have…
NMEDA

NMEDA Works Hand-in-Hand with Mobility Specialists and You

  It takes specialists to create wheelchair accessible vehicles for the more than 1 million wheelchair users in the U.S. It would be a nightmare if you had…
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Is it Time to Get an Accessible Vehicle?

    Wrangling that wheelchair into the family sedan may not have been so difficult a year or two ago; but each year we put off switching to a handicapped…
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Recently Disabled? Where to Start if You Need an Accessible Vehicle

If you have recently become a person with a disability and want to get behind the wheel again and drive, where do you start? You may need specific equipment to get…
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Advanced Driving Controls May Put You in the Driver’s Seat

  Those with a spinal cord injury, disabilities, limited dexterity or range of motion and other conditions may need more than low-tech or reduced effort hand…
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Problem When Flying? Call the Hotline

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  The holidays are just around the corner. You may be flying to a family celebration or vacation and hopefully, everything will go well. The majority of all…
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Attn: Veterans and People with Disabilities: Virtual Job Fair Scheduled for Nov. 7

HireDS, LLC, a certified disabled owned company promoting the inclusion of our Wounded Warriors, veterans and people with disabilities into mainstream employment,…
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Tips to Help Overcome the Fear of Driving

  Seniors, people with disabilities and those with other challenges can have not only physical problems to overcome, but mental or emotional ones when driving.…
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Is Your Driving Normal or Severe? You’ll Be Surprised

  Did you know there’s a “normal maintenance schedule” and a “severe schedule” for maintaining your vehicle? How you drive, where you drive and…