All Wheels Up

"For passengers who use wheelchairs, air travel in the United States can be an embarrassing, uncomfortable and perilous prospect." Image description: Two individuals lifting another individual into an aisle chair.

March 1st is International Wheelchair Day! All Wheels Up is excited to highlight this special day of the year because we believe wheelchairs deserve to have their own spot on airplanes to increase user independence and accessibility. Please share your #InternationalWheelchairDay pictures with us! ? Image Description: Reading is centered in the middle of image reading: First Line: March 1st is (in white writing), Second Line in a stacked formation: International Wheelchair Day (all in white writing except for “Wheelchair” is in orange writing). Below, positioned on top of an orange rectangle are two manual wheelchairs with blue, black, and white details. White and orange aesthetic dots and abstract shapes are positioned around the borders of the image. Background of the image is blue. ? #FlyInclusive #AllWheelsUp #AccessibilityMatters?? #WheelchairSpotsOnAirplanes #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchair?#Disabled #DisabledTravel #Accessible #Disability #WheelchairLife?#Travel #Traveling #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanes #Transport?#AirTravel #Wheelchairs #Transportation #AccessibleTourism

Today we celebrate Rare Disease Day! 300 million people are living with a rare disease nationwide. Today, we celebrate to bring awareness for change by supporting those with rare diseases by using #ShowYourStripes and #LightUpForRare (www.rarediseaseday.org) ? Image Description: Orange circular graphic with three hands raised in the center. Blue writing under orange circle reading “Rare Disease Day” and directly under it reading “February 28th. Orange aesthetic lines are in opposite corners on image. Entire image background is white. ? #FlyInclusive #AllWheelsUp #AccessibilityMatters?? #WheelchairSpotsOnAirplanes #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchair?#Disabled #DisabledTravel #Accessible #Disability #WheelchairLife?#Travel #Traveling #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanes #Transport?#AirTravel #Wheelchairs #Transportation #AccessibleTourism #RareDiseaseDay

Pictures from a panel at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting in Washington, D.C. at the beginning of this year featuring All Wheels Up’s very own, Dr. Alex Bruce. The purpose of this panel was to help focus on strategies for the industry (including aviation administrators and manufacturers) and on creating inclusive passenger experiences across disability types. ? Image Description: A panel of individuals seated at a wooden table with navy blue table curtain and one individual standing at a wooden podium with a microphone. The individuals’ pictured (in no specific order) are: Livaughn Chapman, Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST); Heather Ansley, Paralyzed Veterans of America; Kelly Buckland, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R); Amber Woodburn McNair, AV McNair LLC; Mia Held, C&S Companies; Dr. Alexandra Bruce, All Wheels Up. ? #FlyInclusive #AllWheelsUp #AccessibilityMatters?? #WheelchairSpotsOnAirplanes #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchair?#Disabled #DisabledTravel #Accessible #Disability #WheelchairLife?#Travel #Traveling #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanes #Transport?#AirTravel #Wheelchairs #Transportation #AccessibleTourism #TRBConference #TransportationResearchBoard

Open Road Access has launched a wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) rental service at all major UK airports, offering wheelchair users the freedom to travel independently across the UK to increase accessible travelling efforts. Click the link in our bio to read the full article. ? Image Description: Black lettering on a white article background with a picture of a plane flying in a blue cloudy sky all set on a blue background. Article title reads: “Game-changing wheelchair-accessible vehicle rental service at all major UK airports”. ? #FlyInclusive #AllWheelsUp #AccessibilityMatters?? #WheelchairSpotsOnAirplanes #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchair?#Disabled #DisabledTravel #Accessible #Disability #WheelchairLife?#Travel #Traveling #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanes #Transport?#AirTravel #Wheelchairs #Transportation #AccessibleTourism

Photos from the Joint ICAO ACI IATA Conference in Montreal, Canada where we were able to learn more about accessibility in civil aviation! ? Image Descriptions: Two pictures: Each picture is a smiling selfie of our founder, Michele Erwin, with other conference attendees. ? #FlyInclusive #AllWheelsUp #AccessibilityMatters?? #WheelchairSpotsOnAirplanes #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchair?#Disabled #DisabledTravel #Accessible #Disability #WheelchairLife?#Travel #Traveling #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanes #Transport?#AirTravel #Wheelchairs #Transportation #AccessibleTourism

We are thrilled to have received the Muscular Dystrophy Association Advocacy Collaboration Grant from the MDA. The MDA has played a key role in our success through financial and moral support of our goal to put wheelchair spots on airplanes. Thank you, MDA! Go to the link in our bio to read the entire article. ? Image Description: At the top of the image is the MDA and AWU logos in between two navy blue lines. In between the logos is the title: MDA Advocacy Collaboration Grant Recipient. The rest of the image is on a white background with black letters with the headline reading “All Wheels Up Receives Muscular Dystrophy Association Advocacy Collaboration Grant for Projects that Make the Skies More Accessible”. The entire image is set on a solid orange background. ? #FlyInclusive #AllWheelsUp #AccessibilityMatters?? #WheelchairSpotsOnAirplanes #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchair?#Disabled #DisabledTravel #Accessible #Disability #WheelchairLife?#Travel #Traveling #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanes #Transport?#AirTravel #Wheelchairs #Transportation #AccessibleTourism #MDA #MuscularDystrophyAssociation #MDAGrants

A few members of our All Wheels Up team traveled to Redmond, Washington to Microsoft Headquarters to check out the space where our 2025 Global Forum will be held. Stay tuned for more information regarding our annual event! ? Image Description: In order from left to right on image: Michele Erwin (founder), Blake Emery (board member), and Fey from Statuesque Events (AWU Global Forum planner) stand in front of a brown wall at Microsoft with the Microsoft logo on it. ? #FlyInclusive #AllWheelsUp #AccessibilityMatters?? #WheelchairSpotsOnAirplanes #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchair?#Disabled #DisabledTravel #Accessible #Disability #WheelchairLife?#Travel #Traveling #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanes #Transport?#AirTravel #Wheelchairs #Transportation #AccessibleTourism

All Wheels Up would like to add a section in our newsletter called “Traveler Spotlight”. This would include short personal stories from travelers with disabilities and their caregivers about how airline transportation has impacted them. This can include overall thoughts on accessible air travel, helpful tips for fellow travelers with disabilities, or challenges such as discrimination, equipment damage, bodily harm, or concerns that prevent them from traveling.? ? If you are a traveler with a disability, or a caregiver of a traveler with a disability, please fill out the Google Form linked below to tell us your story: https://lnkd.in/dRr5K5Yz ? Image Description: Blue background with white planes in motion in corners of image with notification template reading “WE NEED YOU: For our NEW Traveler Spotlight in our quarterly newsletter.” A thumbs up symbol is to the left of two “notification options” reading “Okay” and “Great”. All words are positioned below the All Wheels Up logo encircled in the middle of the image. ? #FlyInclusive #AllWheelsUp #AccessibilityMatters?? #WheelchairSpotsOnAirplanes #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchair?#Disabled #DisabledTravel #Accessible #Disability #WheelchairLife?#Travel #Traveling #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanes #Transport?#AirTravel #Wheelchairs #Transportation #AccessibleTourism

Happy New Year’s Eve from all of us at All Wheels Up!! We hope everyone has a wonderful New Year and can’t wait to see what this year has in store for accessible air travel! Image Description: Image of 2025 New Year’s Eve graphic with an orange background and blue fireworks surrounding “2025” written in white above the white All Wheels Up logo. #FlyInclusive #AllWheelsUp #AccessiblityMatters #WheelchairSpotsOnAirplanes #AccessibleTravel #Wheelchair #Disabled #DisabledTravel #Accessible #Disability #WheelchairLife #Travel #Traveling #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanes #Transport #AirTravel #Wheelchairs #Transportation #AccessibleTourism