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Should people on the Autistic Spectrum be given extra assistance at Airports?

David

Manchester Airport have made a new rule which might soon apply to other airports.

The rule is that if one asks to be shown the way to the plane one has to pay up to sixty pounds.  That is for nervous flyers.

If one has a physical disabilty one will still get assistance free of charge under the EQUALITY ACT which  has replaced the Disability Discrimination Act.

I have often been helped at airports on one occasion someone asked why I should be helped as I am not in a wheel chair.

The question must be asked if one is on the Autistic Spectrum can one be shown round Manchester Airport free of charge?

Not finding your way is not directly to do with Autism but it has with some of our Co-Existing conditions.

There should be a page for campaigns and possible campaigns to post to but there is not.  If I could I would have posted this on possible campaigns.

David

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  • The article did not say if people with Learning Difficulties have to pay.

    All it said was that Nervous Flyers would have to pay but disabled people and children would not have to pay.  In fact they cannot legally charge someone in a wheel chair.

    Many people who are not disabled who have not flown before would want extra help and those are the people they are going to charge.

    It is not really fair to charge people who want help because they are not used to airports but there is nothing in law which bans them from doing that.

    Someone should find out if people with invisible disabilities count as disabled at Manchester Airport.

    David

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  • The article did not say if people with Learning Difficulties have to pay.

    All it said was that Nervous Flyers would have to pay but disabled people and children would not have to pay.  In fact they cannot legally charge someone in a wheel chair.

    Many people who are not disabled who have not flown before would want extra help and those are the people they are going to charge.

    It is not really fair to charge people who want help because they are not used to airports but there is nothing in law which bans them from doing that.

    Someone should find out if people with invisible disabilities count as disabled at Manchester Airport.

    David

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