air travel

How often will insurance pay for a wheelchair- is it one per every certain amount of years? And how hard is it to get approved? I can still walk but fatigue utterly after short distances. I'm worried if we request a wheelchair eval insurance will decide that my ambulation is not impaired...

Hello! My brother who has ALS will be traveling on Southwest in early December. His wife and I will be traveling with him. He uses a bipap so we'll need to take that with us on board the airplane. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good bipap battery? Or any other tips for...

Me and my wife got back yesterday from a wonderful vacation to Zion and the North Rim Grand Canyon National Parks and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised how accommodating they are to wheelchair access. We flew into Las Vegas, which I was apprehensive about because it was my first air...

Hi all. I have seen several of my friends from my FTD support group out here already. My father was diagnosed with FTD almost 3 years ago. Just this summer, he started falling all of the time which we had attributed to the FTD. It was someone at my Mom's support group who suggested the...

I need some travel advice/tip from the more seasoned travelers. I plan to go to India in Nov 2009 to beat the winter and meet family and friends while I am there. I plan to get back in Feb/Mar 2010. Now here is my problem, I am completely wheelchair bound and cannot stand on my own. The trip...

We recently returned from a fun New York City vacation. I thought it might be helpful to share our ventilator air travel experience with others, so I added an article to my website.:-D http://quadbliss.com/travel.htm Mike

Hi All, I am considering planning a trip to NYC. This will be my first air travel with a vent, and there are a lot of details to consider. I am interested in hearing from anyone with personal experience using public transportation in NYC from a power wheelchair. Thanks, Mike