Virgin Blue defends wheelchair policy: Virgin Blue chief executive Brett Godfrey said the airline was not implementing a new policy for disabled passengers. But he reaffirmed the airline’s policy that passengers unable to fit themselves with an oxygen mask or look after themselves on board should travel with carers. … Mr Godfrey said his staff [...]
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May 292006
Airline to wheelchair users: pay a carer Paralympics medalist Paul Munnari, who has propelled himself thousands of kilometres, said airline staff had told him he would have to be accompanied by a carer. The airline’s spokeswoman, Heather Jeffery, last night said the airline had produced a more detailed policy on special needs passengers or “guests”, [...]
May 282006
I’m currently obsessing about creating an accessible landscape design for our property. Found so far: Fun and Leisure: Home Enabling Garden, from NCPAD ACCESSIBLE GARDENING: Bring Mother Earth Within Reach, from MDA I’m trying to find resources which avoid tokenism: rather than “here’s how to build a table-top garden”, or “horticulture as therapy”, I want [...]
May 282006
Check out Wheelchair Dancer’s Sidewalk Etiquette Tips for Walkies. Numbers 2 & 3 are my favorites. Seriously, moms, do you think I’m not going to miss your wandering child? This isn’t pedestrian pinball.
May 282006
Christiane is also posting about hotel accessibility: How Accessible is our Hotel? I travel a great deal, and so I’ve been to a lot of hotels, all over the world. I know that “accessible hotel room” doesn’t necessarily mean accessible hotel room. Even though there’s a DIN for accessible construction, the devil is in the [...]
May 262006
Virgin stands by wheelchair decision Virgin Blue is defending its new policy on wheelchair passengers, saying it is necessary to protect airline staff from injuries. From June 1, Virgin Blue staff will not be allowed to push wheelchairs, leaving passengers to operate mandatory airline wheelchairs themselves. David Craig from Disability Rights Victoria says the policy [...]
Via Rolling Rains, the full English text of the newly ratified EU regulation. Ratified but not yet published below is the English version of the EU regulations on travel and people with disabilities. The text will be signed June 14 and two weeks later. The regulation will take effect two years after the publication in [...]
May 202006
I was down on Pearl Street Mall the other day for some reason that is currently escaping me, and decided to get some extra exercise. Now Pearl Street Mall is prime accosting territory – between the panhandlers and the environmental petition pushers, you can barely get through a single block without being confronted by your [...]
May 202006
A lot of posting about hotels and what not going on: Agent Fang on service versus access Reality Check Woman on Coffee for Crips (I have to say that one of the great things about Albuquerque is the Starbucks drive-in on Gibson, just east of San Mateo – why don’t we have a Starbucks drive-in [...]
May 202006
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