A veterans group that created a statewide list of gas stations that offer full-service refueling to drivers with disabilities is hoping to take the list a step further.

Novi-based Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America wants gas stations to also offer an easier, more dignified way for disabled drivers to notify gas station attendants that they need assistance.

For most people, putting gas in their cars is no big deal, but for Mike Harris and Jerry Wolffe, it's more like an ordeal.

Harris and Wolffe have physical disabilities that make it a burden to fill their fuel tanks without help from others.

Michael Harris knows where he's going to buy gas. His decision has nothing to do with the price, but with a button at two pumps at the Marathon gas station at Ford and Newburgh in Westland. “I see this as a quality of life item,” said Harris. “It provides an independence in traveling, it enhances the driving experience for the disabled.”

The simple act of filling a car's gas tank is nearly impossible for some people with physical disabilities -- especially those in wheelchairs.

Twenty-six-year-old Angie Plager was crowned the new Ms. Wheelchair Iowa over the weekend and plans to make the accessibility of the state's gas stations one of her first awareness projects.