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Tag: air travel

Why Wheelchair Users Should Avoid Arrivals into Miami International Airport

I live in Orlando, Florida, and while most of the time this is the airport I use for my international travels, sometimes I prefer to drive a little b...

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Travel Tips, Travelogue
air carrier access act, air travel, airlines, airports, flying with a wheelchair

Why Air Travel Authorities Say Yes to Lap Infants but No to Wheelchairs on Airplanes

Any wheelchair user who has ever flown on a plane knows exactly what a nightmare air travel can be. From having to be transferred by often inept whee...

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Advocacy, Air Travel
air travel, airlines, FAA, flying with a wheelchair, NTSB

Air Travel Secrets for Wheelchair Users from a Frequent Flyer

I half-joke all the time that the Orlando airport is my second home. To say that I spend a lot of time in airports and airplanes as a wheelchair user...

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Travel Tips
air carrier access act, air travel, airlines, airport, travel tips

Inside the World of Airline Baggage (and Wheelchair) Handlers

One of the biggest fears of wheelchair travelers is having their mobility equipment damaged or lost by an airline. In fact, this fear is so great tha...

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Travelogue
air travel, airlines, airplanes, airport, wheelchair damage

Q&A: Everything Wheelchair Users Need to Know About Airplane Bathrooms

Nobody likes talking about using the bathroom, except maybe my two adolescent sons. But for wheelchair users planning trips involving flights, the ab...

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Travel Tips
acaa, accessible bathrooms, air carrier access act, air travel, airlines, lavatories

US Airlines Are Damaging or Breaking 25 Wheelchairs Every Day

In February 2019, the Department of Transportation issued its monthly Air Travel Consumer Report as usual. What made this report different is that, ...

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Travel Tips, Travelogue
acaa, air carrier access act, air travel, department of transportation, DOT

What the Boeing 737 MAX 8 Crashes Mean for Future (Accessible) Air Travel

On March 10, a jetliner with passengers from at least 35 countries crashed shortly after leaving Ethiopia's capital, killing all 157 people on board...

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Travel Tips
air travel, boeing 737 MAX, ethiopian airlines, lion air

How TSA Court Ruling Affects Wheelchair Users at US Airports

We've all been there - the intrusive, often humiliating, and always uncomfortable airport security pat-down. Those lucky few who have TSA pre-check ha...

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Travel Tips
accessible travel, air travel, flying with a wheelchair, tsa

Dear Airlines: You’re Making Wheelchair Users Terrified of Flying

dear airlines you're making wheelchair users terrified of flying

I was 16 years old when I took my first plane ride. It wasn’t anything scary or special, but I’ve spent my life since with a moderate fear of flying. ...

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Travelogue
acaa, air travel, airlines, flying with a wheelchair, wheelchair damage

5 Signs That Airlines Don’t Care About Wheelchair Users

I’m a professional traveler. In 2017 alone, I visited 17 countries and traveled over 118,000 miles. I covered all of that ground "on wheels"—specifica...

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Travel Tips
acaa, accessible tourism, accessible travel, ADA, air travel, airlines, wheelchair accessible

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