Wheelchair Accessibility Stories for the Holidays

Teachers Give Disabled Student Thanksgiving Gift – A group of middle school students decided to offer a helping hand this Thanksgiving by building a wheelchair ramp at a fellow student’s home. Betty has cerebral palsy, but didn’t have wheelchair access to her house, so her friends helped out!

Operation Finally Home for Injured Veterans – CNN’s Top 10 Heroes of 2010 included Dan Wallrath this year, a Texas home builder who has devoted the last 5 years of his life to building handicap accessible homes to injured U.S. Veterans, mortgage-free.

Opening Doors to Get You Moving – Van Products is committed to keeping you moving this holiday season. Have questions about accommodating disabled family members and friends or curious about traveling over the holidays in a wheelchair? Drop us a note, we’d love to help you out!