Archive: April 2008

Air New Zealand Says “No”

Posted by Katja on 14 April 2008 | Permalink
Filed under accessibility, travel | 3 comments so far

A Christchurch tetraplegic is being forced to pay thousands of dollars for an in-flight carer because Air New Zealand staff cannot help him into his seat.

Make that “will not” instead of “cannot”; other airlines seem to manage it somehow.
Full article: Airline says ‘no’ to help

Karen Stone

Posted by Katja on 2 April 2008 | Permalink
Filed under current events, disability, multiple sclerosis | 1 comment

I was dismayed to read of the death of Karen Stone in this month’s New Mobility (and surprised that I hadn’t heard already).
Karen Stone, who used illness and writing to teach, dead at 62:

“She wrote about it (having a disability). It was a big thing when she was writing. She wrote about it as a [...]