Imagine being stuck in an airport or airplane, physically unable to move yourself because someone broke your wheelchair. According to disability advocates, it’s not an uncommon scenario for people in wheelchairs, and many avoid air travel because of it. 

Airlines are already keeping track of how many wheelchairs they lose, break or mishandle. But that information will be available to the public through the department of transportation as early as January.

Read more about the $10 million federal lawsuit pending against United Airlines after they broke the $40,000 wheelchair of Hailey Schmidt