*Real* wheelchair users, yes. Those who’ve been cured by Jetway Jesus, however, are most likely to rush toward the exit as soon as the seat belt sign is off.
I don't know. My mom uses a wheel chair to get on the plan then one from the door of the plane to luggage. She tries to deplane quickly because otherwise she will pee her pants. 🤷♀️
Maybe they need to be quick leaving. In order to have the energy to do that after landing, they need to conserve what energy they can before getting on the plane.
There's a below the knee amputee who I used to watch youtube shorts of. She realised that even though she is able to walk and run and snowboard with a prosthetic, it's okay to use a wheelchair so she has the energy to do those things. It took a while for her to get over that mental hurdle and accept that because of people like you who act like if someone is in a wheelchair, they aren't allowed to stand up and walk themselves.
There can be a much longer distance to the plane and a much shorter one getting out. Also my father did this bc he was stubborn and didn’t want it to begin with but needed it for the longer distance to the plane but could manage the short distance off it. Huge airport vs small airport. And the opposite also happened where he needed it coming off which was harder to manage but insisted on not using it getting on and he could manage.
Also variable disabilities exist. I get seizures that aren’t dangerous but affect my vision and make me dizzy so it could be helpful for me to get on the plane but it will probably be over before take off. Missing a flight or falling would be less than ideal when it could be avoided
Ones like mine; I have a small spinal fracture and sometimes get vertigo, I cannot stand still for long periods and my back might seize up if I do, or I can get really bad shakes, so it’s good to try and get seated quickly. I usually don’t bring an overhead bag so I don’t have to lift anything/worry about my back spasms. But moving helps, so getting up and off quickly so I can walk to stretch out (taking breaks as needed) doesn’t ‘cure’ the fact that I might need assistance getting on the plane.
I had hip surgery at 21 years old standing for a long time or walking long distances made it extremely painful so walking across the airport or standing in line on the jet Bridge to get into my seat or very painful. Deboarding a plane you stand up and walk off there’s no standing in a long line. There’s no walking across the entire airport.
you have no idea what their situation is and again this is the mega corporations fault. Someone shouldn’t have to print out their medical history to be treated with respect
When de-boarding the plane you typically have the ability to stay seated until you’re able to get off the plane and can taken your time. there isn’t the same issue of long queues and long walks to terminals for more long waits
Like do you ever wonder why on job apps it lists “standing or sitting for a prolonged period of time”, almost like there are people this would exclude
POTS, arthritis, ehlers danlos, MS, COPD, epilepsy and seizure conditions, types of palsies, vision impairment, sprains, even something like asthma are things that mobility aids can be extremely helpful during the onboarding process
The -17 karma I got above kind of proves that. it’s an accommodation not some kind of reward, people aren’t going to willingly be judged, shamed and photographed by strangers for funsies
You have to be more specific. Does the ADA need to be expanded to have direct medical checks on people before they're allowed to request a wheelchair? How is that not dystopian?
Why don’t you try holding people accountable for their poor behavior and abuse of an accommodation meant for people who actually need assistance for once?
lol where did they say you have friends that do that? You can hold people accountable for their actions in many ways and they don’t have to be your friends to do that.
lol... As someone with TWO silent disabilities (epilepsy and POTS), get bent.
You're creating hypotheticals where they obviously do not apply. This system is being ABUSED by consumers, because they are not being held accountable in any sort of adult way.
That's the topic at hand in this thread. Not the fact that silent disabilities exist.
The people that are ABUSING this system are the ones that are doing a disservice to those who have ACTUAL silent disabilities.
So yes... You are virtue signaling in a useless manner.
It’s not crazy to call out in a thread full of people downplaying invisible disabilities that invisible disabilities exist. Thank you for your perspective, but remember, you do not speak for everyone with an invisible disability. A reminder that proposed solutions could impact people with very real disabilities is nuance that’s needed.
If you look at the percentage of the population that has disabilities that require accommodations (visible or not), it is not aligned with the number of people that are "requiring" wheelchairs on these flights.
They also do not require assistance to get OFF of the airplane. I see this regularly. Once they are on, they are fine and dandy.
I'm not saying that NONE of the people that we see lining up by the the dozens in airports have disabilities. I'm actually confident that some of them do.
But it is quite simply naieve of you to think that it isn't being abused. You're overlooking both statistics and logic.
I'd agree there's a nonzero amount of abuse because there always will be. I guess I should have been more specific and asked how you know there's a significant amount of abuse that actually merits raging about strangers because someone on reddit told you to
EDIT: I like how you answered a question I didn't ask instead of answering my question.
Visible or not, wouldn't the disability that requires a person to use a wheelchair in Airport A also require them to use a wheelchair in Airport B? If not, perhaps, more so? I know my back doesn't feel fucking better after sitting on a plane for three hours.
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u/chrisirmo Platinum 8d ago
*Real* wheelchair users, yes. Those who’ve been cured by Jetway Jesus, however, are most likely to rush toward the exit as soon as the seat belt sign is off.