The U.S. Department of Transportation has taken a monumental step towards ensuring dignified air travel for passengers who use wheelchairs. Announced by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, this ...
A proposed aviation reform aims to end what many wheelchair users describe as an undignified and dangerous process: being ...
"The travel industry still doesn't take us seriously as a lucrative market segment," says Sylvia Longmire. While Sylvia is an Air Force veteran and a woman, it's not these two identities that the ...
United Airlines has announced a new digital sizing tool designed to help customers with wheelchairs find the best flights to accommodate their personal mobility device. In 2023, United and United ...
TAMPA, Fl. — Buses, trains and other modes of public transportation have to follow the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires people using wheelchairs can get around. But the airline industry ...
The Biden administration's recent move to mitigate less-than-stellar conditions for wheelchair users at airports has been long in coming and does not go far enough, two advocacy groups say. The ...
A group of U.S. House lawmakers on Friday called on the Trump administration to enforce key provisions of a rule issued by ...
Revolve Air, a travel wheelchair that can fold to cabin-luggage size, is now available for preorders on Kickstarter at a cost of $4,999. Its future retail price is estimated at $7,500, although it ...
Born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare disease that weakens muscles over time, the Georgia native has since made it his mission to see the world. Now 35, he spends more than 150 days a year ...
Kim Harrison is fed up with airlines damaging her wheelchair. “It’s gotten to the point now when I just don’t want to travel,” she told USA TODAY. “It’s very discouraging.” She was traveling on ...