Air travel is no picnic. From the unplanned workout of lugging your bags into the terminal, to Security, to squeezing past passengers in the aisle of the airplane, it’s exhausting. Now, try doing it in a wheelchair. That was among William Keown’s worries. Mr. Keown, who had suffered a spinal cord injury, had been working […]
On Thursday, September 8, 2016, WakeMed Rehab partnered with RDU International Airport and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to present a community Q&A session regarding air travel for people with physical challenges. Improving Travel for Wheelchair-Bound Passengers The program, Wheels Up: Navigating the Airport & Airplane by Wheelchair, all started with a WakeMed Rehab patient who […]
