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Chicago, IL — The following is a statement from Kendra Davenport, President and CEO of Easterseals, on National Transportation Week:
“Transportation is one of the ways people fully participate in everyday life. It connects people to jobs, education, healthcare, family, and community. And while the U.S. has made important progress on accessibility over the last several decades, too many barriers still remain for people with disabilities, especially when it comes to air travel.
For many travelers with disabilities, air travel is still stressful, unsafe, and unnecessarily difficult. Too many people continue to face damaged wheelchairs, inaccessible bathrooms, painful and risky transfers, inadequate support, and systems that were never designed with accessibility in mind. In too many cases, people with disabilities are forced to navigate humiliation, discomfort, and risk simply to board a plane. That should concern all of us.
Accessible transportation benefits everyone. It expands opportunity, strengthens communities, and helps ensure people can live, work, travel, and participate fully in society with dignity and independence.
During National Transportation Week, we recognize the progress that has been made while also acknowledging the work still ahead. Building a transportation system that truly works for everyone means making accessibility a priority from the very beginning — including in our airports and throughout the air travel experience.”
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Contact: eileen@npagency.com
