Attention disability Twitter! Have you experienced barriers in air travel?
Please fill out the survey and share your experiences with accessibility and your #RightsOnFlights ✈️ surveymonkey.com/r/DLF2KXP
Looking at an upside-down map can make you see things you've been trained all your life not to to notice.
Have a little stare at this. What stands out for you? Is anything closer or bigger or wonkier than it normally looks to you on a "normal" map?
After an 8 hour (and delayed) flight, you just want to get off the plane with everyone else, without the extra hassle and stress the airports and airlines create literally every single time they have to deal with a wheelchair. Why is it so difficult? /3
#DisabilityRights
The @TUIUK cabin crew were the ones who eventually went to look for my wheelchair while @manairport staff stood around complaining & making jokes about not speeding in my wheelchair! Hilarious guys. /2
Terrible job with wheelchair assistance AGAIN on landing at @manairport . Tried to send me to collect my wheelchair at baggage claim despite me telling them I could see it was at the aircraft (AirTag did its job). They sent 1 person to assist with 6 passengers. /1
Just leaving this here for @transportgovuk@Mark_J_Harper@HuwMerriman@TransportCttee
"Spontaneous travel is fundamental to the rights of disabled people in realising their right to independent living"
That’s TUAG - Turn up & go!
We do NOT need to book assistance.
ALT "Spontaneous travel is fundamental to the rights of disabled people in realising their right to independent living"
" promotion] should make it clear that there is no requirement to use the Passenger Assist scheme in order to travel"
"passengers must not be led to believe that they must rely only on
Passenger Assist when travelling"
Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2019
If you’re promoting an event / business / basically any orgs using images who don’t use #AltText even when ppl have pointed it out then I hope you have good legal insurance because it’s DISCRIMINATION as you’re excluding ppl who rely on screen readers.
I’ll help them sue you 💅🏻
🚨✈️ Flights from Manchester to Las Vegas are returning with @VirginAtlantic 🎉
Operating on their newest Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, passengers will be able to choose from 3 flights a week from June 2024, with tickets going on sale from July 2023.
👉 bit.ly/43fLfxC
Taking a bit of time off social media atm because, well, mental health.
But I’m back because I’m so delighted I can’t contain myself.
It’s official, I have a travel column..for the one & only @CondeNastTraveller.
Read here: cntraveller.com/article/beyo…#AccessibleTravel#GAAD
ALT I am sitting, hugging my knees, on a swinging bed in a tropical setting. My wheelchair is on my left. The reflection of the hammock ripples in the pool water below, behind are palm trees. I’m looking contentedly outwards. Delighted to be where I am. This image is captioned with “a new monthly column dedicated to spotlighting the latest developments in accessible travel”. The column is for Conde Nast Traveller who have created this asset to promote the column as part of #GAAD
May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month! The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (#EDS) are a group of thirteen individual genetic conditions, all of which affect the body’s connective tissue. ehlers-danlos.org/what-is-ed…#EhlersDanlosSyndrome
ALT #RaisingAwarenessTogether Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) affects your collagen which can be found in the skin, internal organs, blood vessels and bones. It is the glue that holds your body together. EDS UK logo ehlers-danlos.org
Help us to look after the #LakeDistrict this weekend 💚
🍫 Take your litter home with you
🏞️ Close gates and fences after walking on footpaths and bridleways
🚗 Park responsibly and respectfully
Enjoy your weekend!
ALT Girl standing on a gate, looking out onto a field of sheep. The sky is blue and there are mountains in the distance.
We are so excited! We have been able to purchase a @TGAmobility all-terrain scooter to be hosted by Station Inn at Ribblehead. We need help though to purchase a storage shed for it. Any ideas? #help#supportAccessTheDales
ALT Silver mobility scooter parked outside the Station Inn at Ribblehead, Yorkshire Dales
Feeling angry and shaken after a terrible experience this morning being assaulted on my way to work.
While waiting at a bus stop, someone came up behind me, grabbed my handlebars and pushed me forwards toward the road.
Maps twist our perception of the world
Here are 20 to rethink it:
1. Countries closer to the equator (~poorer) seem smaller than they are
(map by @neilrkaye)
ALT Leanne in her manual wheelchair with an attachment on the front. She’s on an unpaved track as the attachment allows the wheelchair user to go on uneven surfaces.