Wheelchair Access At Airports

A Canadian blogger who regularly posts about her travels as a wheelchair user on social media is speaking out after being carried off an Air Canada flight in what she describes as a "terrifying" ordeal.

Disability rights activist, Rajiv Rajan, was stunned when US-Bangla Airlines charged him Rs 2,500 for the wheelchair service at Chennai airport.

Businessman Anand Mahindra sparked a heated debate on social media after wondering if Indians faked their need for wheelchairs while travelling from airports. In a tweet, the Mahindra Group chairman said "only flights to&from India at most airports" had people pre-ordering wheelchairs.

The contrast was stark and shocking. There was Parvadarajan, a 70 year old wheel chair bound passenger from Hyderabad who had just landed at Chennai airport. His son who had arranged a car to pick them up was stopped by the police from driving to the arrival area. Even after he explained that his father was wheelchair bound, they refused to relent...

A Canadian blogger who regularly posts about her travels as a wheelchair user on social media is speaking out after being carried off an Air Canada flight in what she describes as a "terrifying" ordeal.

Disability rights activist, Rajiv Rajan, was stunned when US-Bangla Airlines charged him Rs 2,500 for the wheelchair service at Chennai airport.

Businessman Anand Mahindra sparked a heated debate on social media after wondering if Indians faked their need for wheelchairs while travelling from airports. In a tweet, the Mahindra Group chairman said "only flights to&from India at most airports" had people pre-ordering wheelchairs.

The contrast was stark and shocking. There was Parvadarajan, a 70 year old wheel chair bound passenger from Hyderabad who had just landed at Chennai airport. His son who had arranged a car to pick them up was stopped by the police from driving to the arrival area. Even after he explained that his father was wheelchair bound, they refused to relent...