Trump’s decision to roll back wheelchair protections leaves disabled travelers to face the consequences

Source Columbia Chronicle
Original Load Date Dec. 10, 2025, 8:01 p.m.
Last Updated Dec. 10, 2025, 8:01 p.m.
Original URL https://columbiachronicle.com/opinion/trumps-decision-to-roll-back-wheelchair-protections-leaves-disabled-travelers-to-face-the-consequences/

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Every day in America, airlines break about 31 wheelchairs. Earlier this year, mine was one of them. I watched as an Aer Lingus employee rolled my wheelchair up the jet bridge — and hours later, in Dublin on a study abroad trip, it was returned to me broken. When an airline damages a wheelchair, i...