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“The one time I flew with my late brother-in-law, the TSA agents seemed convinced that he must be smuggling stuff in his huge motorized wheelchair. They tried to insist that he get out of the chair so they could thoroughly inspect it. At that point, his muscular dystrophy was fairly well advanced, and he had to use a transfer board to get from bed to chair and back, but it took a loooong time to convince the TSA that it was not only unreasonable to ask him to stand up, but also LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE for him to do so.”
“Ugh, I’m so sorry to hear that! There seems to be a huge blind spot between airports and people with disabilities. My mom has a neurological disorder and used a wheelchair for a long time, and they’d always try to get her to switch to *their* wheelchair so they could inspect hers. She was just like, ‘My dude, sure, if you’re going to physically lift me, otherwise I’m not going anywhere!'”
