The "Pieterpad" is the most well-known long distance trail of the Netherlands. The trail runs for approx. 500 km's from Pieterburen in the north to St. Pietersberg in the south.

Today it was announced they opened a wheelchair variant as well:

"As of today, the Pieterpad has an official wheelchair-accessible route covering over 500 kilometres. This means that the Netherlands’ best-known long-distance walking trail (LAW) is now also accessible to walkers using all-terrain mobility aids such as off-road wheelchairs, mobility scooters, walking frames and pushchairs."

Full info in Dutch:

https://pieterpad.nl/nieuws/170-pieterpad-heeft-500-kilometer-lange-rolstoelvriendelijke-variant

#Hiking #Walking #Wheelchair #Pieterpad

Lokjo has a new setting especially for wheelchair users.

It's in the Quick menu, blue round button.

When searching categories (shops, cafes, theatres etc) it shows a color code, if you can enter, difficult, not, or unknown.

I hope it'll help users to go out in the city with more comfort. They deserve it.

Boost far and widely please. 😊

https://lokjo.com

p.s. if you need a mApp showing codes without search try German https://wheelmap.org

#goodnews #wheelchair #map #osm #europe

🔋PGY-182🔋
Designed exclusively for electric wheelchair batteries
⚙️High precision balance BMS,
⚙️ Strong shock resistance
⚙️ Durable and reliable
#pgybms #bms #lithiumbattery #wheelchair
Learning to live with a wheelchair is about realizing that bodies take space. Physically, accessibility, independence.

And learning to live with ME/CFS is a lot about realizing that bodies can also take time. Recovery, fatigue, pain.
#wheelchair #me #cfs #disability

I've been useless about promoting my friend's fundraiser because of my own health crises but am going to try to yell about it a lot until the end of May to try to get her the wheelchair she so desperately needs.

If you can donate, please do. If you can't, please boost and share on any other platforms you might be on: https://gofund.me/916b70c67

#Fundraising #Wheelchair #Crowdfunding
https://gofund.me/916b70c67

We're trying to hit the fundraising goal of £4.8k for my friend to get a wheelchair that doesn't keep re-fucking her back every time she uses it and also means she can go more than a few metres down the road without her battery dying.

Share everywhere you can please: https://gofund.me/916b70c67

#Fundraiser #Wheelchair #GoFundMe
https://gofund.me/916b70c67

Niagara theatre group helps people with disabilities flourish and gain confidence
When they were getting ready to perform the stage show Thriller awhile back, TASC (Therapy Alternatives for Special Children and Adults) Niagara figured out how to include a cast member who can only lie in a wheelchair, can't sit up straight because then he can't breathe, and can't talk.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/theatre-disabilities-autism-niagara-9.7197127?cmp=rss
Murdoch Uni admits accessibility needs fix after student's viral video

The former Murdoch University student's video highlights the difficulty wheelchair users have navigating the campus since stair lifts were removed in 2023.