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I use a wheelchair and dread flying. Pets are treated better on planes than disabled people.
TV host Sophie Morgan told Business Insider flying is often a horrific experience for passengers wi…
Tom Carter
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2 travelers in wheelchairs watched as their plane departed without them after an error saw them left waiting on the tarmac
"You always say, 'Oh, they won't go without us,' but they actually did. They went without us and to…
Pete Syme
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Cybertruck reviewer says a sponsor didn't want to be featured in his video with the vehicle
YouTuber Zack Nelson, who owns other Teslas, said he's considering selling his Cybertruck due to it…
Ana Altchek
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People are cheating the system in airports and using wheelchair assistance when they don't need to, Frontier CEO says
"There is massive, rampant abuse," Barry Biffle said, adding that on some flights 20 people ask for…
Pete Syme
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Inside 'Project Rodeo,' the Tesla effort pushing the limits of self-driving technology
Nine test drivers describe the pressure of training Tesla's autonomous-driving software as the comp…
Grace Kay
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Southwest Airlines dismantled basketball players' wheelchairs, leaving them stranded for hours as they tried to reassemble them
Wheelchair basketball players were left stranded for hours by Southwest Airlines after their chairs…
Mia Jankowicz
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7 things guests should never do at Disney World, from a longtime Imagineer
I helped design and improve the Disney theme parks for years as an Imagineer, and there are a few t…
Gabriella Sorrento
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A disabled woman posted an argument with airline staff who pushed her wheelchair without permission
Lottie Drew shared an interaction with staff at Stansted Airport near London, where she became tear…
Lindsay Dodgson
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A passenger says a Canadian airline's pilot told him he was a 'dangerous threat' because he couldn't disconnect his wheelchair's batteries
Porter Airlines said the captain made a mistake in wrongly believing Ken Harrower's wheelchair batt…
Pete Syme
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A US Army vet moved to Japan with his wife and bought an abandoned house for $35,000. They have no plans to leave.
"Before, we were moving every few years, so our walls were never painted and we never hung up pictu…
Amanda Goh
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Air Canada once left the wheelchair of Canada's top accessibility officer behind before a cross-country flight
Several other disabled passengers have accused Air Canada of mistreating them on flights.
Sonam Sheth
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Mike Lynch's wife walked on broken glass to escape the sinking superyacht: report
Angela Bacares, the wife of billionaire Mike Lynch, was among the 15 people rescued from the capsiz…
Tom Porter
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A video of American Airlines workers mishandling a wheelchair is spreading outrage on TikTok. Data shows this happens thousands of times a year.
The Department of Transportation says airlines mishandle about 1.5% of mobility devices they manage…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Ryanair and a French airport are feuding after a passenger with a wheelchair was left behind at the terminal
A flight scheduled to leave from Bordeaux Airport Tuesday en route to Scotland left behind a passen…
Lauren Edmonds
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A man was sentenced to 3 months in a Dubai jail after he insulted airport staff who didn't bring his mom a wheelchair
A man cursed at Dubai airport staff who were slow to bring his mom a wheelchair. A court has senten…
Joshua Zitser
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A woman in wheelchair crashed down the ramp of a Carnival cruise ship after staff failed to help her, lawsuit alleges
The 61-year-old amputee said she was not helped by Carnival crew while trying to disembark the ship…
Sophia Ankel,Rebecca Cohen
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Olympic athletes get stuck after sabotage shuts down French trains
A series of arson attacks was carried out on high-speed rail lines leading to Paris the night befor…
Polly Thompson
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A disabled college student said she requested a wheelchair-accessible room, but was just given a bathtub
College student Alexa Kate shared that she had requested an accessible room at Chapman University i…
Lindsay Dodgson
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A woman in Brazil was arrested after she seemingly attempted to get a dead body in a wheelchair to sign for a bank loan
The woman insists that the man, who she said was her uncle, was still alive when they entered the b…
Polly Thompson
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A man who uses a wheelchair says he had to drag himself off an Air Canada flight in Las Vegas because airline staff wouldn't help him
"How am I supposed to get to the front of my plane when I can't walk? If I didn't need a wheelchair…