Lose My Luggage if You Must, but Not My Wheels

Lose My Luggage if You Must, but Not My Wheels

THERE are a lot of things that can go wrong when you fly. I take lost luggage, delays and cancellations in stride. But I had a little meltdown when someone took my wheelchair. Kevin G. McGuire is chairman and chief executive of McGuire Associates, based in Waltham,...

Making America Accessible

From his wheelchair, Kevin McGuire (CAS’83) leads the charge Kevin McGuire remembers when wheelchair users could enter a building only through the service entrance, when those who were blind didn’t go to the movies and those who were deaf could never enjoy the opera....
Kelly: Hearing impaired in the loop at TD Ameritrade

Kelly: Hearing impaired in the loop at TD Ameritrade

Just before the College World Series, it was mentioned at a press conference that TD Ameritrade Park is equipped with a “loop system.” Say again? Listeners heard right. At the ticket office and in certain seating sections, the 1-year-old ballpark features what’s...
Paraplegia News

Paraplegia News

For 21 years Kevin McGuire has made his mark by helping make major  sports stadiums, arenas, ballparks and race- tracks more accessible. Alas, he’s still one man. “It’s 1,000 leaks in the dyke, and I have only ten fingers,” says the CEO of McGuire  Associates in...