Month: July 2017

More Than 40% of Wheelchair Users Surveyed by MDA Report Their Wheelchair Was Damaged in Flight

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The results of MDA’s accessible air travel survey are in, and over 70% disabled respondents report having accessibility problems during air travel. The biggest problem was damage to wheelchairs, with 40% of respondents reporting it. Surprisingly, fewer than 4% filed a complaint, either because they did not know how to or were unable to file a claim before leaving the airport.

See the infographic at: https://strongly.mda.org/70-percent-mda-families-say-experienced-problems-accessibility-traveling-air-infographic/

United Airlines Destroys a French Man’s Wheelchair at the Beginning of His Month-Long Vacation

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Another United Airlines passenger gets dragged off the plane in an aisle chair, although this time United damaged the wheelchair instead of the passenger. That man, from France, had been embarking on a month long dream vacation.