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Disabled man drags himself off plane after Air Canada fails to offer wheelchair

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/584100

Airline was forced to apologize to Rodney Hodgins who flew to Las Vegas with his wife to celebrate their anniversary in August

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  • Holy shit, how is this being left up to an apology and possibly a voucher??

    The US government should be suing the fuck out of Air Canada under the ADA...

    • The US government should be suing the fuck out of Air Canada under the ADA

      For that to happen, the US government would have to actually give a shit about disabled people..

      • I don't really know if this hate is warranted. The ADA is a really nice and forward looking piece of legislature. We do better for accessibility than most countries

        • The existence of legislation doesn't mean it is widely enforced, nor does it reflect public nor institutional attitudes towards disabled people, which I guarantee are much worse than you're comfortable acknowledging. (ETA: also being a highly litigious society doesn't equal being a fair or inclusive society. Potentially being awarded money after the fact doesn't take away the pain, distress, and other long lasting effects of being discriminated against and excluded)

          We do better for accessibility than most countries

          lmfao, maybe go ask some actually disabled people (like this one, from the UK, where we have even "better" laws than yours, and yet disabled people are some of the most discriminated against in society) if they agree with you, they'll probably laugh as hard in your face as I am at my screen.

          But hey, if it makes you feel warm and fuzzy and completely absolves you of taking any responsibility to actually learn about what disabled people deal with daily (never mind do better, which it's clear from your comment you could), that there are "laws" in place (just like there are against racism and sexism, and transphobia and so on, because those do just as great a job as the ADA at actually protecting anyone), who am I to bring you down with reality.. 🙄

          Or you could check your privilege?

          Lol, as if... But hey - you've made me laugh twice in 5 minutes, so at least you have that going for you...

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