Had a really disappointing interaction with a gate agent for @AmericanAir tonight at DFW.
When boarding began, he announced that passengers with disabilities would not be preboarding, despite the purpose of preboarding being to give us the time we need to safely navigate the jet bridge, stow essential items, and get to our seats without being rushed. Instead, we were told to board with ConciergeKey members.
Then, when I reached the gate to board, he told me I couldn’t bring my carry-on onto the aircraft and that I had to gate-check it.
I explained that my bag contained my medication and a medical device, and that I had flown this exact route on this same aircraft just a few weeks ago with the very same bag, which fit without issue.
His response was that my options were to gate-check the bag or not board the flight.
I’ve never before been forced to separate from my medication and medical equipment while traveling.
But my alternative was missing my flight home and, in turn, missing my infusion appointment tomorrow morning.
So I gate-checked it.
People with disabilities are too often put in impossible situations like this: choose between protecting medically necessary equipment or getting where we need to be. We shouldn’t have to make that choice.
Accessibility isn’t about convenience. It’s about ensuring people with disabilities can travel safely, with dignity, and without being forced to compromise their health.
Tuna Melt is the sweetest most affectionate fella & he’s available for adoption right meow!!!
If you’re looking for the best lifelong buddy, Tuna is your guy 🖤🤍🖤
📍Bay Area CA
Somehow this didn’t get Soda Can a home and I’m pretty baffled by that…
She is quite silly & charming, who wouldn’t want her doing silly moves like this in their home???? 🤍🖤🤍🖤
Happy Mother's Day! 💐💕
Dingy was a wonderful mother to her 4 beautiful kittens almost 1 year ago. They were all adopted, but sweet Dingy is *still* waiting for her happily ever after.
Please share to help Dingy get adopted! 🩷
📍 SF Bay Area
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK 🧵
Following the WHO press briefing, I wanted to compile a thread with the key points.
1/ ISOLATION OF PASSENGERS
Concerningly, it seems the WHO are NOT recommending to isolate cruise ship passengers (even high-risk contacts) UNLESS they develop symptoms.
📍 SF Bay Area
Carol & Hubert are a 10-month-old brother and sister pair who would love to be adopted together. They're both so sweet and fun! Now that they're big kittens, nobody wants them.
Can you share to help them find a family by their 1st birthday? 🩷
Frankie did nothing wrong and is now in a terrible situation because his old owner didn't want to deal with him. please donate/share to help with his upcoming surgery!!
📍 SF Bay Area
This is a desperate plea for Bertie, a sweet ~13 y/o cat who has not had it easy. He is a very sweet boy but is not doing well in a kennel and needs out of here. He needs an adopter ASAP. He prefers to be the only pet in the home.
more info in next tweet
@plazynoodles FR when my wife got FFS her doc had originally planned to be more "aggressive" but she said she was proud of her native roots and didn't want to be WASP'd. She might pass more if she'd let them go harder on the nose/brow, but she also would have looked like a stranger, not her ma
These babies deserve homes and families, not to be sitting in an enclosure for a year. I have no idea why no one wants them. Extremely discouraging stuff
https://t.co/t36BAdYjTq
📍SF Bay Area
We still have all these very adoptable kittens waiting for homes somehow: Goomba, Toadette, Carol & Hubert, and Soda Can
They're getting close to 1 year old and are getting passed up for younger kittens. They're all extremely sweet 💔
having a talk with some of our biggest snackers about how much food they're going through.... as usual, nobody is taking me seriously
our shelves are looking a bit bare! 😬 can you help with some food/supplies from our amazon wishlist? 🩷
https://t.co/AhXmJKDcqC
PLEASE go get Baby Mouse!! Bowser told me he won't stop staring at me until she's is adopted. he's not kidding. he hasn't blinked in 3 hours. please help me i'm begging you