U-Sally O'Neill uyintombazane eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala ene-cerebral palsy, futhi into ayifunayo lapho endizayo ukuthi ikwazi ukuzihlalela esihlalweni sayo esinamasondo. U-Sally usakaza isicelo esicela imboni yezindiza ukuthi iguqule isihlalo sokuqala ohlwini ukuze kuvunyelwe abagibeli abakhubazekile abasebenzisa izihlalo ezinamasondo ukuthi bahlale ezihlalweni zabo ezinamasondo ngesikhathi sokundiza.
“Ngemva kokubonisana nochwepheshe abaningi abakhubazekile abanobuchwepheshe bokufinyelela kanye namazinga okuphepha, sinqume ukuthi 'isicelo se-O'Neill' siwuhlelo olubalulekile okufanele silusekele," kusho u-Brandon M. Macsata, umqondisi omkhulu we-Association for Airline Passenger Rights. “Ukuphoqelela abantu abakhubazekile ukuba bahambe besebenzisa izindinganiso ezingakhubazekile lapho ezinye izindlela eziphephile zitholakala akuhambisani nezimiso ezibekwe ku-ADA [Americans Disability Act].”
UMacsata uqhube wathi, “Lesi sicelo sicela ukuthi isihlalo sokuqala ohlwini lokuqala lwendiza sisuswe sikwazi ukufaka ama-tie-downs uma kudingeka ukuze kuhlaliswe isihlalo sabakhubazekile noma izinkampani zezindiza zenze ikhambi lalesi sidingo esiphuthumayo. Ukushintsha izihlalo ezi-1-2 endizeni ngayinye kumele ukutshalwa kwezimali ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuhamba ngendiza kubagibeli abakhubazekile - ikakhulukazi abantu abane-cerebral palsy."
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nesicelo sika-O'Neill, sicela uthinte i-UCP Family Support, 11731 NE Glenn Widing Drive, Portland, Oregon 97220, noma ushayele ku-503-777-4166 x.232. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana neNhlangano Yamalungelo Abagibeli Bezindiza, sicela uvakashele ku-www.flyfriendlyskies.com noma uthinte i-AAPR ngqo ku- [i-imeyili ivikelwe].
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Macsata further stated, “This petition asks that the first seat in the first row of the airplane be removable with the capability to have tie-downs inserted when needed to accommodate a wheelchair or that the airlines develop a solution to this urgent need.
- Sally is circulating a petition calling on the airline industry to modify the first seat in the first row to allow passengers with disabilities using wheelchairs to remain in their own wheelchairs during flight.
- “Forcing people with disabilities to travel using non-disabled standards when safe alternatives are available is not consistent with the principles laid out in the ADA [Americans Disability Act].
