Princess "Leia"
08-11-2007, 10:27 AM
HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE: Special wheelchairs allow people
with disabilities to get onto many Jersey Shore beaches
Seeing that everyone can be by the seaside
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 08/11/07
BY HARTRIONO B.
SASTROWARDOYO
STAFF WRITER
There's one more reason to visit the Jersey Shore: Nearly all the public beaches are accessible to people with disabilities.
The New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate publishes an annual guide to the state's beaches. While most of the attention following the release of the 2007 Guide to New Jersey Beaches has centered on the fees municipalities charge for beach use, the document also notes which beaches are accessible to people with disabilities.
The report notes that the Maryland Avenue beach in Point Pleasant Beach does not have access for people with disabilities, although the other public beaches in the borough are accessible. Monmouth County's Web site on beaches notes that Asbury Park's beach is partially accessible to people with disabilities.
"The county is in pretty good shape, but you can never do enough," said Barbara W. Steele, director of Ocean County's Department of Public Affairs and a Tourism Advisory Council member.
"People are sensitive to the issue," Steele said, "and they are always looking to do better," noting that many fraternal and community organizations have provided beach wheelchairs to different municipalities.
Read on........
http://app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070811/NEWS/708110442
with disabilities to get onto many Jersey Shore beaches
Seeing that everyone can be by the seaside
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 08/11/07
BY HARTRIONO B.
SASTROWARDOYO
STAFF WRITER
There's one more reason to visit the Jersey Shore: Nearly all the public beaches are accessible to people with disabilities.
The New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate publishes an annual guide to the state's beaches. While most of the attention following the release of the 2007 Guide to New Jersey Beaches has centered on the fees municipalities charge for beach use, the document also notes which beaches are accessible to people with disabilities.
The report notes that the Maryland Avenue beach in Point Pleasant Beach does not have access for people with disabilities, although the other public beaches in the borough are accessible. Monmouth County's Web site on beaches notes that Asbury Park's beach is partially accessible to people with disabilities.
"The county is in pretty good shape, but you can never do enough," said Barbara W. Steele, director of Ocean County's Department of Public Affairs and a Tourism Advisory Council member.
"People are sensitive to the issue," Steele said, "and they are always looking to do better," noting that many fraternal and community organizations have provided beach wheelchairs to different municipalities.
Read on........
http://app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070811/NEWS/708110442