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Limited Window of Opportunity to Improve Air Travel

We have launched a critical advocacy effort to improve air travel for people with SCI/D and all wheelchair users. We need all wheelchair users and our allies to join us for this to succeed.

This week, Representative Dina Titus and Senator Tammy Baldwin reintroduced the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act. This legislation’s goals are improving safety, accessibility, and accountability in air travel. Too many members of our community too often face damaged wheelchairs, injuries, and even death.

We have a window of opportunity to pass this legislation as part of the upcoming reauthorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA is reauthorized every five years, and is up for renewal in 2023. We need as many people as possible to email their members of Congress to support the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act.

Support Safe Air Travel for Wheelchair Users

Please take a moment to click on the button above. Double-check that your name, address, and email are entered correctly. Then click “Send Message” to let your Representative and Senators know that you want them to support this critical legislation. Consider adding your own story to illustrate the challenges our community currently faces in air travel and how important it is that this legislation is passed. If the button does not work for you, click this link instead.

Please spread the word on social media and by email among your networks and encourage your friends, family, colleagues, and community members to participate. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment.