Welcome to WheelieGood.com
Welcome to WheelieGood.com – a wheelchair accessible guide. Wheelie (person in a wheelchair) + Good (wheelchair accessible) = Wheelie Good.
Anybody in a wheelchair will know that finding information about accessibility is difficult. Not everywhere is suitable or somewhere advertised as disabled friendly can often not be accessible. Much of the information on the web is generic and useless or simply inaccurate.
As a keen advocate for people with disabilities to try and continue to live their lives despite their problems I wanted to provide a source of information that people could look to with some confidence and that might give some motivation to get out and about. Also as a person with a disability, I have MND, I have some idea of the challenges faced and I wanted to offer some ideas and experiences on how to do that and that may encourage you to get out there and explore our great state. I have included a range of my experiences in venues from hotels to theatres and parks to museums. I have road-tested all the venues on this site in my electric wheelchair. I hope you find it wheelie useful.
This is my first batch of research and I will be adding more venues monthly.
I hope the information on this site may be as equally useful to all people with mobility challenges or with a disability and the elderly as it is for wheelies, especially including visitors from interstate and abroad.
This project of mine would not have happened without the encouragement and financial support of the Tzu Chi Foundation of WA. The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation was established by Master Cheng Yen in 1966. It started out as a group who knitted socks for poor infants in eastern Taiwan's Hualien County. Today, it has grown into a transnational organization that has been involved in charity work, community service and outreach programs, especially medical, educational and disaster relief. It has over 4.5 million members at its 239 branches in 40 countries.
I must thank my wife Karen for all her support and assistance, including the photography. (www.karenbrownphotography.com.au) Thanks also to Del Weston of the Neurological Council (now retired) for her encouragement and to Cheryl Fatovich for her assistance.
The information on this site is a guide only.