As a disabled person, I now expect to be treated poorly in airports

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'Airports may have introduced measures like disability awareness training, but until there is clear communication and access is stream-lined between airports and their airlines, disabled travellers will continue to suffer degrading experiences.'

My first time using a wheelchair was back in 2013.

I saw many different doctors, who suggested that my symptoms could be anything from anxiety to chronic fatigue syndrome, but they couldn’t come to any conclusion. All I knew for certain was that my body now behaved differently — and that I could walk only a short distance. We’d taken a taxi to the terminal, so I hadn’t had to move too much. But on arrival, I was met with my first obstacle: the special assistance desk was located not at the entrance, but deep into Departures. Somehow, I would have to get there on foot.

I was with my friends and it was our first holiday as a group, and I didn’t want to slow us down or throw up a fuss –

 

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