I have just seen an article on the BBC News website about a guy, with a wheelchair, on a flight who "was forced to crawl" to get off the aircraft. When you read deeper into the story, he was booked ...
Discussion in Transport and travel - 3 May 2023
Hi, I've booked flights on Air Norwegian Gatwick-Copenhagen. I asked for assistance as I'm disabled. They have refused it at Gatwick, though will give it on return. Has anyone else had this problem?
Discussion in Housing and independent living - 21 Jun 2022
I watched the documentary, Sophie Morgan's Fight to Fly, and I was appalled at the treatment of wheelchair users on planes. It was so difficult to watch, especially when one woman said she felt ...
Discussion in Transport and travel - 24 Jul 2024
Hello Am looking to book a holiday to Italian Lakes with my sister next year. Flight times advertised in holiday are from12.pm which is manageable for me and return flight times also at a ...
Discussion in Transport and travel - 14 Sep 2024
I recently took a trip abroad to see family - planned to last 28 days, because of ESA/UC limit. However I missed my flight home - ironically due to the same cognitive difficulties which mean I need ...
Discussion in Benefits and financial support - 28 Sep 2022
A poem called flight As a pilot as the dream jobs of flying planes to different destinations around the world. Pilots are able spend a couple of days or even hours in beautiful cities around the ...
Discussion in Coffee lounge - 8 Feb 2023
hi i suffer really badly with sciatica my boss makes me climb 8 flights of stairs to get to the job so by the time i finish my shift i can hardly walk next day i cant even stand on my leg so cant ...
Discussion in Work - 27 Jun 2025
Wright Brothers Day commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane. Orville and Wilbur Wright made that first successful flight on ...
Discussion in Coffee lounge - 8 Dec 2024
ive had an OT assement who agrees i need level access in the bathroom but i can have a flight of stairs with 2 handrails. The housing are refusing me medical pref as i can manage stairs and they ...
Discussion in Housing and independent living - 23 Jun 2018
What do you think? It sounds exciting, although not sure you would get me up there. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57790040
Discussion in Coffee lounge - 11 Jul 2021
