Accessible Travel Solutions: Upgrades for Flyers using Assistive Devices

The Association for Airline Passenger Rights (AAPR) will host an informative webinar on accessible travel solutions flyers using assistive devices.

This webinar will offer information and resources designed to meet the needs of the traveler who flies with their assistive devices (wheelchairs, power chairs, scooters and other disability aids), and travelers with specialized medical needs (oxygen). In addition, it will also provide information about accessible transportation services. With air travel becoming more and more of a hassle, these solutions - and others - are available to make flying for travelers with disabilities a little bit easier.

• Cheryl Campbell, Senior Manager, Airline Services, Scootaround
• Skip Scribner, President, Advanced Aeromedical
• Gabriel Castano, Marketing Direct, Sunset Mobility (invited)
• Brandon M. Macsata, Executive Director, Association for Airline Passenger Rights (moderator)

• Upgrades for Flyers using Assistive Devices Handout(Text)
• Upgrades for Flyers using Assistive Devices Handout - 2 Slides Per Page(PDF)
• Upgrades for Flyers using Assistive Devices Handout - 3 Slides Per Page(PDF)
• Upgrades for Flyers using Assistive Devices Recording

Flying with Wheelchairs

Learn from industry experts with personal experiences about flying on domestic and international flights for passengers using wheelchairs, including:

• General Tips on air travel with wheelchairs/scooters;
• Specific issues important to passengers using wheelchairs/scooters, as it relates to the provision of services;
• Specific issues important to passengers wheelchairs/scooters, as it relates to their wheelchair/scooter; and
• Primer about ACAA provisions that govern air travel for passengers with disabilities using wheelchairs.

• Carmen Jones, Solutions Marketing Group
• Don Brandon, Northwest ADA Center
• Marian Vessels, Mid-Atlantic ADA Center

• Flying with Wheelchairs Session Recording

Flying with Service Animals

Learn from industry experts about the following aspects of the law:

• General Tips on air travel with a service animals (almost a 'must know' type of thing)
• Specific issues important to passengers who are blind or visually-impaired, as it relates to their service dogs
• Specific issues important to passengers with psychiatric disabilities, as it relates to their service dogs
• Primer about ACAA provisions that govern air travel with service animals
• What are passengers rights? Responsibilities?

• Becky Barnes, Guide Dog Users, Inc. & Guiding Eyes for the Blind
• Joan Esnayra, Ph.D., Psychiatric Service Dog Society
• Brandon M. Macsata, Executive Director, Association for Airline Passenger Rights (moderator)

• Flying with Service Animals Session Recording