'I want them to treat us as people.' 9News
advocate Karni Liddell has called for Australian airlines to improve their treatment of people with disability after she was told she couldn't bring her wheelchair on a Jetstar flight.
But at the airport, she was told her wheelchair, which contains a lithium battery, was not permitted with her on board.Paralympian and disability advocate Karni Liddell said she fears flying after several incidents with airlines and staff."After an hour she said 'ma'am you can fly but you can't bring your wheelchair'.
Liddell said despite having a dangerous goods certificate issued by Qantas and Jetstar, the paralympic swimmer and speaker was told she needed to give five days' notice and fill in relevant documentation to transport the wheelchair on the flight. "Unfortunately her booking was made through a travel vendor and did not include the requirement to travel with a 25-kilogram lithium-battery-powered wheelchair," the company said.