Assistance with travel and transports

Whether you are travelling by plane, train, or automobile, accessibility and safety are considerations if you or a loved one lives with a disability. More and more, people with disabilities are gaining access to new technologies and public transportation to help them travel safely.

For people with disabilities, transportation provides a vital lifeline to education, healthcare, employment, and community life. People with disabilities are no longer to be excluded from, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program or activity that receives Federal financial assistance. Safe, reliable transportation is essential in allowing people with disabilities to use and enjoy such programs and activities. From adaptive car seats to non-emergency medical transportation, there are several options for accessibility, depending on your situation.

Our Assistance with travel and transports Support You

When traveling as a passenger in an automobile, it is generally safest for the wheelchair user to transfer from her wheelchair to a seat with seatbelts or a child safety seat (car seat) that complies with federal safety standards, and then secure the wheelchair in the vehicle.

If transferring is not feasible, it is very important to secure the wheelchair to the vehicle facing forward, and to use crash-tested seatbelts for the wheelchair-seated rider. It is best if you have a wheelchair that has been designed and crash-tested for use as a seat in motor vehicles, often referred to as a WC19 wheelchair or a transit wheelchair. A WC19-compliant wheelchair provides four easily accessible attachment points that help secure the chair using a four-point tie down system. Even with the tie down system, make sure that the wheelchair user is also using crashworthy and properly positioned pelvic and shoulder belt restraints.

Our personal HAYEE GROUP Services offer assistance with activities such as:

If you or someone you care for has a disability and needs help to get around, there is support available including:

• - help to use public transport such as trains, trams, buses and taxis
• - help for people who can drive a private vehicle
• - support to use bicycles as a form of transport
• - the mobility allowance to help with the cost of travel.

Assistance with travel and transport for All Needs

Children with special needs, such as cerebral palsy, autism, or spinal cord problems may require adaptive car seats or seat restraints for continued safety in cars, buses, and airplanes. Some children may need a more specialized solution if they are in a hip or body cast. Certain medical conditions require more support for the body; challenging behavior may require a more secure (childproof) restraint.