title: Adaptive air travel transportation systems for persons with disabilities.
abstract: The Air Carrier Access Act ensures that no air carrier may discriminate against persons with disabilities. This Act specifies rules and regulations that remove architectural barriers to persons with disabilities. Other important considerations in the comprehensive adaptive air travel system for persons with disabilities include (1) aircraft boarding environment, (2) boarding chairs, (3) collapsible aircraft wheelchairs, (4) aircraft stowage procedures for battery-powered wheelchairs, and (5) airport shuttle bus or van service. Educational curricula must be developed that describe the comprehensive operation of this system. Evaluation of the performance of the system for persons with disabilities is mandatory to ensure that persons with disabilities have the same level of services as those without disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nabizadeh
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Van Meter
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Ferris
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Thacker
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Edlich
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001107:Architectural Accessibility / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States; D014910:Wheelchairs