PHIL FRIEND

In the 1990s, I worked with Mary Wilkinson, the editor of Disability Now, and Ann Frye, the Head of the Inclusion Unit at the Department of Transport, to advocate for improved compensation for disabled individuals whose wheelchairs were damaged by airlines. This campaign, Flight Rights, aimed to address the inadequate compensation for the damage caused to wheelchair users' equipment. Almost thirty years later, Channel 4, a UK TV station, aired a compelling documentary hosted