Access to Fly Update

February 2025

  • Development of user-based recommendations to support air travel for people with SCI
  • We received a supplement for a grant from the Craig H Nielsen Foundation to support students with disabilities in the project.
  • We have submitted the scoping review to the Transport Behavior and Society.
  • We have completed the extraction of the information from all Canadian and US policies on flying and disabilities.

July 2024

  • We had our first team meeting with all the community partners. We will start the recruitment for the interview over the summer.
  • There is a new partnership with Paralyzed Veterans of America on the access to fly project

February 2024

  • Access to Fly Submitted to IRB at UIC, and will be completed at UBC too. The Next step is to reach out to airline companies and organize the first team meeting.