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Passengers in wheelchairs can't use most airplane washrooms. That could change (techxplore.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Passengers in wheelchairs can't use most airplane washrooms. That could change::With airplane bathrooms inaccessible to most people with disabilities, those who use wheelchairs have a necessary pre-flight routine: Dehydrate and hope for the best.

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wheelchairs can't be used on planes either so it makes sense that the airplane bathrooms aren't wheelchair accessible

Are you trying to say that people who need wheelchairs are never on airplanes?

Nothing in your comment makes sense.

For example, a friend of mine gets a special wheelchar upon boarding the plane. That special wheelchair is small enough so that it can be used inside the airplane. His normal wheelchair gets loaded as cargo then.

[–] crashoverride@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Which literally goes back to his point as airplanes are not designed for wheelchairs. ...

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I didn't get the sense that they were justifying it.