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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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I guess you can ask them for renting in another cities also.
I know this “training” question may seem strange for people outside Japan, but they want to be sure that you will use the materiel appropriately and will not harm yourself using it. Maybe you can ask to do the training only once in the first city you rent the hoist, I think it will…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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