Sophie Morgan Instagram – Disabled people deserve the right to fly without fear, says British TV host and disability advocate, Sophie Morgan on the TEDxLondon stage today.
The dirty secret of flying isn’t the hidden charges, or the dodgy food; it’s how they treat people with disabilities, that is, like luggage.
Disabled travellers regularly feel like victims of discrimination. They are left stranded on planes, treated like second class citizens, and too often their wheelchairs are broken.
Did you know, air travel is the only remaining means of transport where wheelchair users must be separated from our mobility devices?
When disability does happen to you, or perhaps to someone you love: a parent, a grandparent, a friend or a sibling, Sophie says that “you learn that it isn’t just your body that disables you. It is also the environment and systems in which we live that were not designed for everyone.”
But the good news? They could be!
Sophie invites everyone to dismantle these barriers. After all, if we created them, we can dismantle them, right?
Through the Rights on Flights campaign, Sophie has signposted the solutions––asking for a change in the law to help protect peoples rights in the air. And in particular, a dedicated space to be created in each and every aeroplane for wheelchair users—called the ‘Air For All’.
“Advocating for disability rights is about more than just changing the world for disabled people ….it’s about benefiting everyone now and in the future.”
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