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The disability royal commission suggests people with disabilities still face humiliating and dehumanising problems when flying.
An aircraft at Melbourne Airport (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)
For those of us with a disability, Australian airports appear to not give a lot of consideration to our accessibility needs, and the final report and recommendations tabled last month by the Royal Commission Into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People With Disability suggest we are being left behind, as does my personal experience.
I came head to head with some of these failings while travelling interstate recently on work, after my medical device triggered security screening processes at Melbourne Airport. The experience left me feeling dehumanised, and I was completely unprepared for such treatment.
The disability royal commission, which was established in August 2019, held two workshops with members of the disability sector to discuss the breadth of issues within aviation industries faced by passengers with accessibility needs.
Read more about accessibility issues for people with disabilities at Australian airports.
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Jessi Ryan
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Jessi Ryan has been creating performance and exhibitions for the past 20 years, both locally, nationally and abroad and in collaboration with a broad cross section of artists. They currently write for ScreenHub and ArtsHub Australia.
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