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Flying With Disability

Flying with a disability should not mean that you are discriminated against, on the basis that you disabled. The Air Carrier Access rules are designed so that a traveller cannot be refused transportation solely on the basis of a disability, nor may they limit the number of disabled travellers on a particular flight.

Any information made available to travellers, must also be readily available to disabled travellers, through the most appropriate means, e.g. Braille.

In particular, the disabled traveller is permitted carriage, regardless of whether their disability may affect his of her involuntary behaviour, or annoy, offend or put out any member of staff or fellow passengers.

There are, however, certain exceptions. Most notably, the carrier may refuse the transportation of an individual if their disability is liable to endanger the health and safety of passengers. Passengers with communicable diseases may also be prone to restrictions.

Flying on very small aircrafts still seems to be quite restrictive for disabled travellers. If, for example, the plane has fewer than 30 seats, then the carrier my refuse transportation, given that there are no boarding chairs or lift. Small aircrafts, given their very dimensions, usually fail to accommodate wheelchairs.