When a Wheelchair User Boarding a Flight Becomes Fatal

When a Wheelchair User Boarding a Flight Becomes Fatal

There are moments that cut through everything. All the policies. All the promises. All the carefully crafted language about accessibility and inclusion. And what’s left is the truth of how disabled people are treated when it actually matters. A 24-year-old man, Hunter Adkins, died after falling from an aisle wheelchair while boarding a flight with Allegiant Air at Huntington Tri-State Airport. He lived with muscular dystrophy. He needed support.…