You Searched For "wheelchair accessible" and got 20 results
Sort By:
4 mins read
Robots and AI-powered assistive tech are poised to transform accessibility and mobility
Companies are developing mobility aids and technologies including robotic exoskeletons, limbs, and …
Jake Hall
3 mins read
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
2 mins read
A decades-old burger joint closed after being sued over wheelchair access, saying its landlord wouldn't pay for a ramp
A family-run restaurant closed after 38 years following a disability-access lawsuit. The owners sai…
Joshua Zitser
2 mins read
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
6 mins read
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
2 mins read
A man in a wheelchair said he was 'in agony and tears' while 'dragging' himself up railway stairs after staff said they couldn't help him
Chris Nicholson said staff cited "health and safety policies" for not helping him. He said he was l…
Katie Balevic
2 mins read
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
3 mins read
My daughter uses a wheelchair and is often left out of Halloween. Here are 7 ways to make the day more accessible for kids like mine.
Halloween isn't accessible for kids who use wheelchairs, the mom of a disabled child says. She offe…
Jamie Davis Smith
2 mins read
Wheelchair-using BBC journalist stranded on plane for the second time this year, says UK airports are 'consistently crap'
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, who has used a wheelchair since being shot by Al Qaeda in…
Bethany Dawson
3 mins read
Supply-chain shortages are making it hard for parents of children with disabilities to get wheelchair-accessible vans
For families with children in wheelchairs, finding appropriate vehicles is harder than ever because…
Jaclyn Greenberg
2 mins read
Denver councilman said he was left 'humiliated' after he was forced to crawl onto a debate stage with no wheelchair access
Councilman Chris Hinds said if he did not participate in the debate, he would have had to forfeit r…
Sophia Ankel
2 mins read
Sen. Tammy Duckworth sheltered on her own on January 6 because evacuating the Senate would have been nearly impossible for a wheelchair user
Duckworth's concern that she wouldn't be able to flee rioters safely in her wheelchair underscores …
Warren Rojas,Kayla Epstein
4 mins read
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
1 min read
The CEO of an accessibility app had her wheelchair damaged by Air Canada: 'Imagine someone basically chopping off your legs when you arrive somewhere'
Maayan Ziv says her $23,000 wheelchair was damaged by Air Canada during a flight from Toronto to Is…
Isabella Zavarise
2 mins read
Delta lost a disabled passenger's wheelchair, keeping him stuck on the plane for more than an hour after landing
Delta Air Lines misplaced a quadriplegic man's wheelchair at Atlanta airport, forcing him to wait o…
Jyoti Mann
1 min read
Tokyo's Haneda Airport is adding self-driving electric wheelchairs for social distancing — here's how they work
Whill's self-driving device will be used to shuttle individual travelers at the airport with "mobil…
Brittany Chang
3 mins read
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…
Marielle Descalsota
3 mins read
A disabled woman was stranded on a plane for a 'demeaning' 95 minutes after staff meant to help her off the flight were a no-show
Wheelchair user Victoria Brignell experienced a "shameful" wait on a British Airways plane at Gatwi…
Bethany Dawson
3 mins read
Electric cars could be a gamechanger for wheelchair users, but there aren't any for them on the market here's why
EVs are small and expensive, which makes it hard to convert them and make them fully accessible to …
Bianca Giacobone
3 mins read
After Delta damaged my wheelchair, they gave me a $100 voucher. I love traveling, but it's demoralizing sometimes.
Elizabeth Doughman travels around the world with her wheelchair. She said that on a recent flight, …