by Timi | Mar 20, 2025 | Accessible Transportation, Air Travel, Assistive Technology & Devices, Company Culture, Employing People with Disabilities, Transportation
While business travel is essential for both company and employee growth, it often isn’t fully accessible. Air travel in particular doesn’t always keep everyone’s needs in mind, as an average of 10,000 to 15,000 wheelchairs and other mobility devices are damaged...
by Timi | Mar 20, 2025 | Accessible Transportation, Air Travel, Assistive Technology & Devices, Visual Disabilities
A major U.S. airline is making updates to one of its most popular in-flight features in an effort to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. Delta Air Lines is introducing a new flight map offering high-contrast visuals, a color-blind palette, large text...
by Timi | Feb 27, 2025 | Accessible Transportation, Air Travel, Canadian Transport Agency, Transportation
Thursday marked one year since Air Canada’s introduction of its Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program. This saw the airline employing sunflower symbols that volunteers can use to signal a non-visible disability. The airline’s work towards disability access is...
by Timi | May 11, 2024 | Accessible Transportation, Air Travel, Canadian Transport Agency, Canadians with Disabilities Act, Legislation, Transportation
Wrapping up the National Air Accessibility Summit on Thursday, federal ministers said the airline industry has agreed to adopt a common medical form and explore improved data-sharing but did not announce new penalties for mistreating travellers with disabilities. The...
by Timi | Feb 7, 2024 | Accessible Transportation, Air Travel, Transportation
Airline provided $300 and loaner wheelchair, but family says transferring man in and out of chair not safe. A Brantford, Ont., man has been stranded in Chile without his custom wheelchair after his stepdaughter says Air Canada lost it. Jim Hamilton and his wife Kathie...
by Timi | Jan 26, 2024 | Accessible Transportation, Air Travel, Transportation
The concept is still in early stages but would be a major advancement for passengers with disabilities. John Morris had to see it for himself. An accessible travel expert who uses a power wheelchair, Morris flew to Hamburg to check out a prototype of a new airline...
