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Air
Travel Tips for Travelers with Health Issues or Disabilities
Travel by air for people with health issues, handicaps, disabilities
or special needs, can be challenging. These air travel tips
will help make your flight and trip, whether domestic or international,
easier, cheaper and safer.
Fly
Right: A Consumer Guide to Air Travel (US DOT)
Provides air travelers with helpful advice on how to get the
best airfare, what to expect when a flight is delayed or canceled
and how to avoid travel scams. The guide provides easy-to-read
information on federal airline regulations in a number of
areas, including accommodating air travelers with disabilities
and rules for bumping and baggage compensation
New
DOT Rule Extends Disability Protections to Passenger Ships
and Boats (US Dept. of Transportation - 6/17/10)
The rule will ensure that vessel operators’ policies
do not discriminate against passengers with disabilities.
Under the rule, vessel operators cannot charge extra for accessibility-related
services to passengers, cannot require passengers to furnish
their own attendants, and cannot deny access to passengers
based on disability.
New
Horizons - Information for the Air Traveler with a Disability
(US DOT)
This guide is designed to offer travelers with disabilities
a brief but authoritative source of information about the
Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) rule: the accommodations, facilities,
and services that are required to be available. It also describes
features required by other regulations designed to make air
travel more accessible.
New
Resources Clear the Way for Travelers with Disabilities
(Detroit News - 4/30/10)
Traveling has never been easier for people with disabilities.
All right, the word "easy" is a relative term. But
according to a recent
piece in The New York Times, there are a host of new resources
- especially for people traveling overseas.
Major
Overhaul of the Air Carrier Access Act Effective May 13, 2009
(Beirne, Maynard & Parsons)
On May 13, 2009, the provisions of the reformed Air Carrier
Access Act (ACAA) will be effective, and commercial carriers
(including foreign carriers) need to prepare to comply with
its amendments.
Non-Discrimination
on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel
Regulations from the Department of Transportation.
Services
for Travelers with Disabilities
Delta Airlines' information on services including accessibility
and assistance, wheelchair services, reservations requirements
and special concerns.
Society
for Accessible Travel & Hospitality
An educational nonprofit membership organization whose mission
is to raise awareness of the needs of all travelers with disabilities,
remove physical and attitudinal barriers to free access and
expand travel opportunities in the United States and abroad.
Tips
for Travelers With Disabilities
This brochure has been prepared by the U.S. State Department
Bureau of Consular Affairs to provide general information
for persons with disabilities who plan to travel abroad.
Travelers
with Disabilities and Medical Conditions (Transportation
Security Administration)
TSA has established a program for screening of persons with
disabilities and their associated equipment, mobility aids,
and devices. The program covers all categories of disabilities
(mobility, hearing, visual, and hidden).
Traveling
with Disabilities
A brochure outlining Delta Airlines' Disability Program's
commitment to making the travel experience of customers with
disabilities safe, convenient and accessible.
What
Airline Employees, Airline Contractors and Air Travelers with
Disabilities Need to Know About Access to Air Travel
A guide to the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) and its implementing
regulations
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