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Pregnant women and children ‘could swamp airlines with access demands’

07/04/2012 – 9:00 am

New guidance could see older people, children, obese people and pregnant women receive protection under European laws on air travel for disabled people, a leading user-led organisation has warned.
The air travel regulations, introduced across the European Union in 2007 and 2008, were intended to provide disabled people and those with restricted mobility with equal opportunities [...]

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Freedom Guide calls for an end to ‘blatant discrimination’

04/03/2012 – 9:00 am

The European Union (EU) must act to halt the “blatant discrimination” that prevents disabled people working, studying or travelling in other countries, according to a major new report by Europe’s leading disabled people’s organisation.
The Freedom Guide, or Paving the Way Towards Free Movement for Persons with Disabilities, is a key part of the European Disability [...]

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