MemberGlenn Barfield (Amputee Outdoors)
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Thank you for sharing lived-experience like this!
Reply to Is a cane considdered a "medical device" ?
Hello,
My power wheelchair has never been classified as a medical device, so a simple cane certainly would be fine. I think the CPAP machine would be considered a medical device though.
Fiiinally got to ride in one of the newer Shinkansen with 6(!) wheelchair seats!
[Image description: Interior of a Shinkansen train with six designated wheelchair spaces marked on the floor. Blue reserved seats are visible on the right.]
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Nice information
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An accessible Japan is a Japan with a brighter future. Thank you for sharing and for the good work that you do.
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Reply to Need electric mobility scooter for my dad.
The general rules from JR are:
Handle-operated electric wheelchairs (ie scooters) that can use this service (the shinkansen):
- Wheelchairs that are approximately 120 cm in height and 70 cm in width.
- On traincars with a deck, the multi-purpose room will be used, so as well as the conditions above, the wheelchair will have to be able to turn at…
I’m always hesitant of “the most … in the world” articles, but Air New Zealand seems to doing a great job. But maybe the “most disability friendly” is less a compliment of doing things as they should be, but how awful the others are… 😜
cntraveller.com
This is the world's most disability-friendly airline
Air New Zealand is on a mission to become the world's most accessible airline – we tested it out
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