Paralyzed Veterans’ Member Stories

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Member Stories

​Despite progress, too many travelers with disabilities continue to encounter significant barriers in air travel, such as damaged assistive devices, inaccessible lavatories and in-flight entertainment, and delayed assistance. Click on the links below to read stories from our members describing their personal challenges with air travel.

• Charlie Brown: Missing a Golden Opportunity
• Larry Dodson:
  • Broke My Back – Wheelchair that is
  • Trying to Plan Ahead Doesn’t Always Mean Success
  • Broken Chair Again
• Kevin Sparks: Delta Disaster
• Stan Brown:
  • Experience with Southwest Airlines on August 22, 2011
  • Experience with American Airlines in June 2009
• Chad Buder: I’m Hoping for an Upgrade
• Dr. Robert Huskey: Delta Experience April 2011
• Ernie Butler: Passengers with Disabilities Deserve Respect 
• Jacqueline Baskett:
  • Negative Experiences
  • Demolishing Titanium
• George Crockett Jr: Graduation Situation