                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, November 10, 1995              TAG: 9511100574
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY              PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: By Mary Scully
                                             LENGTH: Short :   30 lines

DRIVERS WITH DISABILITIES ADVANCE

MEMO: [For a copy of this story, see microfilm for this date.]

ILLUSTRATION: RICHARD L. DUNSTON

The Virginian-Pilot

Vera Williams has a driver, Tony Hicks, who takes her to and from

her job as a special education teacher at S.H. Clarke Elementary

School in Portsmouth. Her 1994 Plymouth Grand Voyager is equipped

with a lift and wheelchair tiedowns.

GARY C. KNAPP for The Virginian-Pilot

Lou Sinclair, owner of Sinclair Construction, visits building sites

in his 1988 Ford Econoline van. A lift, operated via remote control,

raises his wheelchair into the van.

GARY C. KNAPP for The Virginian-Pilot

Sinclair drives his van by using hand controls.

KEYWORDS: DISABLED AUTOMOBILES CARS DISABILITIES by CNB