cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/584100

Airline was forced to apologize to Rodney Hodgins who flew to Las Vegas with his wife to celebrate their anniversary in August

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    1 year ago

    Yeah. That’s the line that got me too. It’s just another demonstration of how this country overall fails to, even remotely, adequately take care of disabled people. I’m on the low end of that spectrum but I have to deal with hell constantly. The more difficult a position you’re in the less anyone seems to care. Example? Landlords in Ontario will openly refuse to rent to you if you’re on Disability. This is flagrantly illegal but there is zero oversight and backlash for doing it just like Air Canada has zero real consequences or backlash.

    Disabled folks across the board are going to be treated like shit endlessly until there’s both someone in a position to help who’s willing to help and that the majority of people are willing to even care in the first place to help.

    We’re going to see another story like this from Air Canada or some other major Canadian corporation this Christmas season. I guarantee it. At least one.