I’m hoping to travel to San Francisco sometime this year to visit my brother. And while I’m looking forward to seeing him and exploring the Bay Area again, I don’t look forward to flying again. For us gimps, flying can be an uncomfortable hassle that forces us to abandon our wheelchairs and sit in seats that are not designed to accommodate our unique anatomies. Then there’s the added stress of wondering whether our wheelchairs will arrive intact once we reach our destination. It’s enough to make someone start a petition to require airlines to allow wheelchairs in the passenger sections of airplanes. On-line petitions probably don’t carry much weight, but I signed it anyway because I’d someday like to fly without choreographing the whole endeavor.
Its crazy that they don’t have to provide reasonable accomodation. Infuriating. Gonna go sign that petition too.
Hey! I’ve been lurking around your blog for a while now! Never commented before, but I just wanted to say, if you end up making this trip to the Bay, I’d love to actually meet you sometime/ take you for coffee. (Creepy coming from a stranger? I’m not sure… thought I’d throw it out there anyways.)