Here’s a round-up of the newest information on the planet of accessible journey and incapacity, together with disabled individuals suing a California metropolis over homeless encampments, a bipartisan invoice that will shine a light-weight on airline incapacity complaints, empty sections of accessible seats at a sporting occasion and extra.

Accessible Journey Information from Across the Net

• Disabled lady needed to make 1,000+ telephone calls to purchase accessible Ed Sheeran tickets — Kat Watkins, a wheelchair consumer, is an everyday concertgoer, however she will be able to’t purchase tickets on-line since she has to journey with a private care assistant. When she tried to purchase tickets for an Ed Sheeran live performance, Kat needed to make 1,000 calls simply to safe tickets for accessible seats. This text from the BBC proposes a couple of steps venues ought to take to make accessible ticketing extra accessible.

• I spoke to The Wall Avenue Journal about resort resort charges — Lately, the full value of a resort keep isn’t simply the room charge and native taxes. Pesky resort and vacation spot charges are popping up in motels that aren’t resorts and in locations that aren’t all that spectacular. The Wall Avenue Journal just lately requested me to touch upon how I cope with resort charges as a disabled traveler, and if there may be any approach to get out of them. In case you’d prefer to dive a bit deeper, try my article that requested the query, Ought to resort resort charges apply to disabled company?

• Senator Duckworth proposes invoice to light up airline incapacity complaints — U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and her colleague Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) have launched bipartisan laws that will require the DOT to develop an annual report detailing incapacity complaints filed towards airways. In an announcement, Senator Duckworth stated. “By stopping disability-related complaints from being swept beneath the rug, our bipartisan invoice would shine a light-weight on these issues and assist be sure that the tens of millions of passengers with disabilities who fly yearly are handled with the dignity and respect they deserve.”

• ADA lawsuit targets Sacramento’s homeless camps that block sidewalks — Skyrocketing housing costs, inflation and the tapering of Covid-19 sources have led to elevated homelessness throughout America. The return of homeless encampments to streets and sidewalks blocks entry for disabled individuals and wheelchair customers, and a class-action lawsuit filed towards the Metropolis of Sacramento, California calls for that correct sidewalk clearance be maintained. The lawsuit isn’t imply to pit disabled individuals towards the homeless — in my opinion, the true offenders are governments which have did not develop options for these pressured to reside on the streets.

• Followers complain about empty disabled seats at soccer match — Jack Kavanagh, a wheelchair consumer, took to Twitter to vent his frustration after seeing empty sections of accessible seats at a soccer match. He stated that he had been informed there have been no accessible seats left, joined a ready checklist and by no means heard again from the occasion organizers.

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