New Study Confirms What Disabled Travelers Already Know: Accessible Air Travel Still Has a Long Way to Go
/ News & Opinion / New Study Confirms What Disabled Travelers Already Know: Accessible Air Travel Still Has a Long Way to Go Ask just about anyone who has flown with a disability and they’ll likely tell you the same thing: it’s rarely the journey that leaves them feeling truly exhausted, it’s the accumulation of […]
British Airways Denied a Disabled Passenger Boarding Over Bathroom Access. This Keeps Happening.
/ News & Opinion / British Airways Denied a Disabled Passenger Boarding Over Bathroom Access. This Keeps Happening. Samanta Bullock is a wheelchair user, a model, and a disability rights advocate. She had just attended a United Nations conference on the rights of disabled people in New York when British Airways refused to let her […]
Southern Airways Responds After Denying Disabled ‘Wicked’ Star Boarding
/ News & Opinion / Southern Airways Responds After Denying Disabled ‘Wicked’ Star Boarding Actor Marissa Bode, known for her role as Nessarose in the recent Wicked film duology, says Southern Airways has taken steps to address an incident in which she was prevented from boarding a flight due to her disability. In a Sunday […]
The End of Handing Over Your Wheelchair at the Plane Door Is in Sight
/ News & Opinion / The End of Handing Over Your Wheelchair at the Plane Door Is in Sight Boarding a flight as a wheelchair user has long meant handing over your independence at the door. Airbus is working to make that a thing of the past. For the longest time — decades, in fact […]
Milano Cortina 2026 Sets New Standard for Inclusive Winter Games
Milano Cortina 2026 has raised the bar for accessibility at major international sporting events — introducing historic new provisions for invisible and cognitive disabilities while leaving behind infrastructure upgrades that will benefit Italian communities for generations to come.
Airlines Are Breaking Wheelchairs—And No One Is Stopping Them
/ Airlines Are Breaking Wheelchairs—And No One is Stopping Them Every year, U.S. airlines mishandle more than 11,000 wheelchairs and scooters. Behind that number are real people losing their mobility, their livelihoods, and their freedom — and the rules meant to protect them keep getting delayed. Table of Contents Can you imagine taking a flight, […]
Guest Post: Jeanette Fridh – Creator of The Disability Flag Precious
Guest Post: The Disability Flag Precious: A Symbol of Love, Strength, and Equality By Jeanette Fridh I am a mother to a son with a disability, and a lifelong advocate for disability rights and human rights. When I created The Disability Flag Precious in 2021, I also founded JK Tillit — to build a platform […]
Changi Airport’s New Calm Room Is a Beautiful Step Toward Truly Inclusive Travel
Changi Airport’s New Calm Room Is a Beautiful Step Toward Truly Inclusive Travel Singapore’s Changi Airport has unveiled its first sensory-friendly Calm Room, and I can’t help but feel a genuine sense of joy seeing something like this take shape. As the father of an autistic child, I know just how valuable these kinds of […]
CAA Acts on Airline Wheelchair Damage in the UK
CAA Launches UK Consultation on Airlines’ Mishandling of Wheelchairs and Mobility Aids For anyone who travels with a mobility aid, handing over your wheelchair at the airport can feel like surrendering a part of yourself. Too many of us have watched our independence disappear down a baggage belt, not knowing if our chair will arrive […]
Advocates condemn U.S. delay on new wheelchair protections for air travelers
Advocates condemn U.S. delay on new wheelchair protections for air travelers Disability rights advocates have criticised a decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to delay enforcement of key wheelchair-travel protections for another 15 months, calling it a setback for passengers who rely on mobility devices and have long faced discrimination and damage to […]