When Adelaide disability advocate Shane Hryhorec recently passed through Abu Dhabi airport, he wasn't expecting to have his wheelchair seized — but he says his passport was confiscated as well.
Thinking "things couldn't get any worse", Mr Hryhorec then had a further confrontation as he passed through security at Abu Dhabi International Airport that left him feeling "violated, upset" and "angry".
Mr Hryhorec said when he was told to move to an "office chair with a big hole in it and six little wheels", he feared injuring himself and demanded to speak to a manager. "Obviously I was very shaken up — imagine travelling through a destination and having a disability and then getting arrested and getting sent to jail or whatever else."Abu Dhabi International Airport and Etihad Airways have been contacted for comment."I felt like they thought I was a terrorist."
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