Air travel should be safe, accessible, and dignified for everyone. However, people living with disabilities – including many in the neuromuscular disease community – continue to face dangerous and discriminatory barriers, from damaged and destroyed wheelchairs and mobility devices, improperly trained personnel, inaccessible aircraft, physical harm, and more. Currently, there are limited remedies when passengers’ rights under the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) are violated.

However, we are working to make it easier for folks to access those remedies.

By strengthening enforcement through requiring civil penalties, strengthening the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ability to address patterns of discrimination, and establishing a private right of action that permits passengers to file a legal complaint directly against an airline responsible for injury, damage, and other certain ACAA violations, the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act (ACAAA) ensures that passengers with disabilities can access the remedies necessary to hold airlines accountable.

Tell Congress to cosponsor the Air Carrier Access Amendments Act (H.R. 9373/S. 4829) and help strengthen air travel accessibility for the neuromuscular community!