Accessible Travel News Roundup: Crash Tests, Broken Wheelchairs and Ryanair’s Cap on Disabled Passengers
A broken $33,000 wheelchair, Ryanair’s cap on disabled passengers and a crash test that could change flying. This week’s accessible travel news.
UK Moves to Fine Airlines That Fail Disabled Passengers; Here’s What’s Actually Changing
/ News & Opinion / UK Moves to Fine Airlines That Fail Disabled Passengers; Here’s What’s Actually Changing The UK government says flying with a wheelchair should get less stressful. On Monday, October 19, the Department for Transport backed a package of changes for disabled air passengers covering staff training, how mobility aids are handled, […]
TAP Air Portugal Destroyed a Disabled Traveler’s New Wheelchair, Then Made Him Wait Two Hours to Find Out
/ News & Opinion / TAP Air Portugal Destroyed a Disabled Traveler’s New Wheelchair, Then Made Him Wait Two Hours to Find Out Chris Espiritu’s long-awaited trip to Portugal with his wife has turned into nothing short of a nightmare, and it began the moment they landed at Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport. It’s a story […]
Disability Advocate Shane Hryhorec Removed From Virgin Australia Flight Over Wheelchair Power Device
/ News & Opinion / Disability Advocate Shane Hryhorec Removed From Virgin Australia Flight Over Wheelchair Power Device (Don’t forget to share your own experiences in the comments section found at the end of this article.) Adelaide-based disability advocate Shane Hryhorec was offloaded from a Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Adelaide after cabin crew […]
Amtrak Marks 36 Years of the ADA With a Big Accessibility Push
/ News & Opinion / Amtrak Marks 36 Years of the ADA With a Big Accessibility Push The ADA turned 36 on July 26, and Amtrak marked the occasion with a progress update on accessibility across its network. Most anniversary press releases are fluff. This one has numbers in it, so I read the whole […]
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.