We are D.C. Metro chapter of @NationalADAPT, a grassroots disability rights org fighting to end institutional bias. #ADAPTandRESIST https://teapaw.org/t.co/YaBy7k9JdT
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DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
Boeing makes military aircraft with the capability to strap down thousands of pounds of cargo. Remind me who makes passenger airplanes.🤪🤨 I will not accept that we cannot produce airplanes that can accommodate a wheelchair. #JustPlaneWrong #PushingAccessForward @SecretaryPete
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
Side note - it was implied that disabled travelers should purchase better chairs for accessible air travel. Not cool. Airlines design planes for customers, they need to be designed for wheelchair users, too. This is true for every transportation / mode provider. #JustPlaneWrong
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
It’s #JustPlaneWrong to expect wheelchair users to buy a separate chair w/ tie-downs to use for safe air travel. Wheelchair users do not get their wheelchairs for the convenience of airlines. They get them to meet their mobility, health, & independence needs.
ALT An airline contractor assists a wheelchair user in disembarking an aircraft.
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
“Stop the blame game.” PVA National President Charles Brown
Passengers with mobility disabilities should not be injured or die while using air travel.
#JustPlaneWrong #Flightmares #PushingAccessForward
It’s #JustPlaneWrong to expect wheelchair users to buy a separate chair w/ tie-downs to use for safe air travel. Wheelchair users do not get their wheelchairs for the convenience of airlines. They get them to meet their mobility, health, & independence needs.
ALT An airline contractor assists a wheelchair user in disembarking an aircraft.
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
@USDOT mtg on travel for wheelchair users, airline attendants rep speaking - mentioning worker shortage, lack of maneuvering space on aircraft, need for accessible lavatories, something about aisle chairs that I didn't catch (sorry) + #JustPlaneWrong
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
Check out the full comments @MDAorg sent to the @USDOT before today's meeting.
Read more➡️ bit.ly/3uq6FIb
#JustPlaneWrong #Flightmares #AccessibleAirTravel
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
@allwheelsup comments and calls for a designated wheelchair spot on all aircraft. Couldn’t agree more! #JustPlaneWrong #DisabilityTwitter
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
Current commenter ripping into airlines about how they have space for luxury suites, lie down chairs, and bars but can’t figure out how to get a wheelchair on board. It’s savage and I am here for it! #JustPlaneWrong
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
Graham Keithley from A4A suggests that wheelchair users select wheelchairs that are easier for airlines to handle. I choose my wheelchairs based on what meets my needs for my everyday life, not for what meets the convenience of the airline industries. #JustPlaneWrong @USDOT
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
To put the burden on disabled passengers to get a wheelchair better suited to inaccessible air travel isn't a solution. An industry worth billions has no justification for pushing their inability to follow basic laws onto consumers. #PushingAccessForward #JustPlaneWrong
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
@dontony18kb preparing for some #GoodTrouble at the US Capitol this week to let Congress know we are #DisabledNotDisposable & to fund #HCBS in Cares Act 2 so we can live in our homes not institutions and #HandsOffTheACA & #SaveMedicaid expansion by delaying #SCOTUSNomination.
ALT Tony from Philly ADAPT wearing sunglasses, a t-shirt, and casual pants in a wheelchair smiling and flashing a peace sign. On the back of chair is a flag with a wheelchair symbol. Tony's on a concrete area and there are trees and public benches behind in background.
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
Last night, Rep. @AOC met with protesters from @realnatladapt: "Always always always it is the most vulnerable that are on the chopping block whenever it comes to negotiating these 'bipartisan' bills."
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
AOC meets ADAPT. Proud to be on this team. Thanks to my ADAPT siblings in DC. instagram.com/tv/CF0nldOH_b7…
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
@RealNatlADAPT on East Lawn of Capitol Demanding Congressional Funding for #HCBS Direct service workers Hazard pay #DisabledNotDisposable @ColleenFlangan #LivesWorthyOfLife @Sneschalmerz People are dying in institutional settings #FreeOurPeople @annalandre
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
.@RealNatlADAPT members camped out on East @uscapitol lawn demanding #COVID relief from Congress for #HCBS b/c Our Homes Not Institutions is safer & #HandsOffTheACA. #DisabledNotDisposable #ADAPTandSurvive #LivesWorthyOfLife #ADAPTpplsHearing #CripTheVote #WhatWeNeed @RepPressley
ALT Misty & Tony from PA ADAPT sitting on the East Lawn of the Capitol with an American flag with ADAPT Icon outlined in stars on the blue part of the flag. Misty is wearing a black ADAPT face mask.
Join us at 6:30pm this Thursday 1/23 at Cleveland Park Library in DC for our monthly meeting. Questions? Email [email protected] More info: facebook.com/events/22281097…
DC Metro ADAPT retweeted
@DCAdapt's December Meeting and Celebration! facebook.com/events/55099873… #disability #disabilityadvocacy #ADAPTandRESIST Please RSVP with accommodation requests!