Travelers who bring their own electric wheelchairs will need to take additional steps to fly with the medical devices. Passengers will have to remove the lithium batteries of both electric wheelchairs ...

Southwest Airlines will require passengers to remove lithium batteries from checked mobility devices starting Sept. 25. The new policy is a proactive measure to reduce the risk of in-flight fires from ...

Liz Henry, who works part time at the Disability Cultural Center, lives on a hill in Bernal Heights. Publicly accessible wheelchair charging stations, they say, will prevent chair users from being ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. An airline captain mistakenly stopped a passenger from boarding because of his wheelchair's batteries, ...