Comments on: Get Advice http://wheelchairtraveling.com Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:37:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: wheelchair traveler http://wheelchairtraveling.com/get-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-190 wheelchair traveler Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:59:25 +0000 http://wheelchairtraveling.com/?page_id=1116#comment-190 <blockquote> <a href="#comment-178" rel="nofollow"> <strong><em>Karen Halgren:</em></strong> </a> <p>When traveling by plane be sure and remove anything removable on your power chair so it dosn’t get lost in transit. Tape everything to your chair. Take your cushion with you onto the plane. Insist they allow you to stay in your chair right to the door of the plane(of course leaving room for transferring). Be sure when they’re transferring you DON’T let them lift you by your shoulders(grabbing under the arms) It’s a good way to pull your shoulder out of whack. Be sure and ask the hotel if your bed is hollow underneath it if you have to use a lift.Just becuase it’s an ADA room doesn’t always mean the beds are hollow under them. Ask if there is a shower chair in the bathroom before your rent one. If you need to rent or find something ask the local Disabled Vets organization. Sometimes they have things you can use for free.</p> </blockquote>


Karen Halgren:

When traveling by plane be sure and remove anything removable on your power chair so it dosn’t get lost in transit. Tape everything to your chair. Take your cushion with you onto the plane. Insist they allow you to stay in your chair right to the door of the plane(of course leaving room for transferring). Be sure when they’re transferring you DON’T let them lift you by your shoulders(grabbing under the arms) It’s a good way to pull your shoulder out of whack. Be sure and ask the hotel if your bed is hollow underneath it if you have to use a lift.Just becuase it’s an ADA room doesn’t always mean the beds are hollow under them. Ask if there is a shower chair in the bathroom before your rent one. If you need to rent or find something ask the local Disabled Vets organization. Sometimes they have things you can use for free.

]]> By: wheelchair traveler http://wheelchairtraveling.com/get-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-177 wheelchair traveler Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:29:35 +0000 http://wheelchairtraveling.com/?page_id=1116#comment-177 Miriam received a long email but here is the short of it: To maximize comfort moving up to first class would give you more space to help get your son situated. I would also notify the airline, if you haven't done so already. Don't ask but tell them you need someone to help lift your son. If he feels more comfortable with a man, then demand a man. This is your tickets and your money. I always take a baby aspirin or aspirin because it helps with blood circulation and for high altitude plane flights, this is crucial for one's health. Also, use compression socks along with aspirin. You also may have heard of Airborne. It's pretty much a super multi-vitamin to boost immunity. Germs are everywhere at airlines and while you travel and it's NO FUN if you're sick on vacation. I would also like to suggest a seat cushion called the "Waffle Air Cushion." <em>More info from other wheelchair travelers coming shortly... </em> Miriam received a long email but here is the short of it:

To maximize comfort moving up to first class would give you more space to help get your son situated. I would also notify the airline, if you haven’t done so already. Don’t ask but tell them you need someone to help lift your son. If he feels more comfortable with a man, then demand a man. This is your tickets and your money.

I always take a baby aspirin or aspirin because it helps with blood circulation and for high altitude plane flights, this is crucial for one’s health. Also, use compression socks along with aspirin.

You also may have heard of Airborne. It’s pretty much a super multi-vitamin to boost immunity. Germs are everywhere at airlines and while you travel and it’s NO FUN if you’re sick on vacation.

I would also like to suggest a seat cushion called the “Waffle Air Cushion.”

More info from other wheelchair travelers coming shortly…

]]> By: Miriam http://wheelchairtraveling.com/get-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Miriam Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:26:38 +0000 http://wheelchairtraveling.com/?page_id=1116#comment-176 My son Michael is a C4 quad. He is going to be 25 in August and I want to take him from Baltimore, MD to Las Vegas, NV to visit his sister and her family that includes his nephew and niece that are a year old. As you know there are many issues for us to travel that far from home. I have looked at several devices to help us transfer him from chair to chair and then from chair to seat on an airplane. However none of the airlines offer any assistance. How do I get past this, I will be traveling with him alone? Should we travel 1St class so there is more room and he can recline? Michael fell on July 23, 2007 and his life as well as those around him has changed so much, I really want to make his 25th birthday something he will think about with joy and fondness. Do you have any suggestions that have made it easier for you to travel that would apply to Michael? Can you help me? If not is there someone you know of that can? Thank you for your help, it is really appreciated. My son Michael is a C4 quad. He is going to be 25 in August and I want to take him from Baltimore, MD to Las Vegas, NV to visit his sister and her family that includes his nephew and niece that are a year old. As you know there are many issues for us to travel that far from home.

I have looked at several devices to help us transfer him from chair to chair and then from chair to seat on an airplane. However none of the airlines offer any assistance. How do I get past this, I will be traveling with him alone? Should we travel 1St class so there is more room and he can recline?

Michael fell on July 23, 2007 and his life as well as those around him has changed so much, I really want to make his 25th birthday something he will think about with joy and fondness. Do you have any suggestions that have made it easier for you to travel that would apply to Michael?

Can you help me? If not is there someone you know of that can?

Thank you for your help, it is really appreciated.

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