Wheelchair kid stranded by Air Canada after tweet-a-thon

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Please, people, be aware that there are many low end wheelchairs that are available for a nearly normal body. You can buy some manual wheelchairs for less than $300. This young man could not use such a chair. Anyway who uses a $15,000 wheelchair, which is an electric wheelchair, has many serious needs, and such a chair is not just sitting in a nearby medical supply store aiting for womeone to pick it up; it must be special-ordered, specially built, and approved. I hope Air Canada is aware of this and quickly gets its tail in gear, or this is going to be one sad story. I often travel with my wheelchair and/or motorized scooter, and I wonder how in the heck they managed to ruin this young man's chair.

8-09-2010 @ 9:31AM

shannon said...

My daughter has had two manual chairs broken by airlines. I will never let her travel with her power chair because of this. I know several other people who have had their children's wheelchairs damaged buy the airlines too. I think you have just been very lucky in your travels, and I wish you continued luck!!

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