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By signing this petition, you can show your support for airline accessibility for travelers in wheelchairs. The more signatures we get, the more likely this is to happen. Please show your support!
Jon Morrow founded the AAA after experiencing the poor accommodations firsthand. Born with muscular dystrophy, he is unable to move from the neck down, using his lips to both drive his wheelchair and operate a computer. Despite his limitations, he’s managed to build his own business online by working on the computer, not only making himself wealthy in the process, but also becoming a highly sought after motivational speaker.
The problem?
He isn’t currently able to fly. He tried once and airline employees dropped him down a flight of stairs, spraining one of his knees and giving him multiple bumps and bruises. They also tossed his $37,000 wheelchair on top of the baggage underneath the plane, severely damaging it during the flight.
Since that horrible incident, he has connected with travelers in wheelchairs around the world, learning such horror stories are actually quite common. Mr. Morrow also learned that other countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, have implemented protocols far superior for travelers in wheelchairs, allowing them to travel safely and with dignity.
Encouraged, he decided to start an organization to bring those innovations to the United States and other countries around the world. He founded the Airline Accessibility Association with the mission of making air travel accessible to everyone.
Since then, the AAA has attracted supporters from around the world. Step-by-step, it is committed to solving this problem once and for all.
Our goal is simple:
Allow people in wheelchairs to travel on commercial airplanes without sacrificing their safety or dignity.
We don’t want to point fingers, but the current situation is embarrassingly bad. Not only is being carted on and off an airplane humiliating for travelers in wheelchairs, but transferring them is dangerous to both them and anyone trying to assist them.
We’re not just complaining about the situation, though. We want to offer solutions already proven to work in other countries.
The bottom line is this is a fixable problem. More people simply need to be made aware of it, and we need to commit to fixing it together.
By signing this petition, you can show your support for airline accessibility.