Government proposals ‘could make air travel easier for disabled passengers’ – Disability News Service
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Engracia Figueroa’s Death Shows How Dangerous Flying as a Wheelchair User Can Be
The Oct. 31 death of longtime disability-rights activist Engracia Figueroa has amplified calls from the disability community to reform disabled air travel. Last July, while Figueroa flew home to California
United apologizes after disabled man crawls off flight | CNN
Video Ad Feedback 00:45 – Source: CNN Disabled man left to crawl off flight with no assistance Story highlights D’Arcee Neal, who has cerebral palsy, took a five-hour flight last…
How the airline industry still refuses to accommodate disability
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An Airline Damaged Her Wheelchair So Disabled Social Media Took Care of It – New Mobility
Share Advocacy An Airline Damaged Her Wheelchair So Disabled Social Media Took Care of It May 26, 2021 Seth McBride Share Last weekend, three wheelchair-using friends set out from New…
Southwest Airlines Grounds Family Of Boy With Disabilities Over Mask Resistance
The family of a child with disabilities says they were not allowed to board a Southwest Airlines flight after a flight attendant raised concerns that the boy would not wear…
American Airlines raises weight limit rule, allowing power wheelchairs
TRAVEL American Airlines reverses weight policy that barred power wheelchairs on regional jets Curtis Tate USA TODAY American Airlines has reversed a policy change that would have prohibited some motorized…
Air travel for disabled people | Disability charity Scope UK
.article-ribbon { display: none; } Are you fit to fly? What support and facilities are available? What equipment can you take? What would make your flight more comfortable? Will you…
Wheelchairs damaged: Airlines must report damaged mobility aids
NATION New federal requirements show airlines damage thousands of wheelchairs each year Jayme Fraser USA TODAY Network View Comments SARASOTA, Fla. – After a United Airlines flight three years ago,…
Wheels Down | USA TODAY NETWORK News
Wheels Down Airlines damage thousands of mobility aids every year. ‘It’d be an uproar’ if it were pets. Isabelle Briar, of Omaha, Neb., still uses a chair that was damaged…