Disability rights activist
Boston MA
Joined March 2009
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Yesterday, @USDOT made a really exciting announcement about air travel for people who use wheelchairs.
Today, I spoke to GBH News about it!
Tomorrow, I hope more people with disabilities fly with dignity. #WheelchairsAreNotLuggage
wgbh.org/news/national/2024-…
Colleen Flanagan retweeted
Project 2025 poses serious risks to disabled people. I discuss these dangers in my @truthout interview with @eleanorjbader1. Read why we must stay vigilant:
truthout.org/articles/projec…
#CripTheVote
When will airlines stop hurting disabled people? When will they understand #WheelchairsAreNotLuggage
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Colleen Flanagan retweeted
This is NOT a thing to be celebrated! Why are we not talking about ADA violations instead of trying to spin this as inspirational? – at Norman, OK
Wheelchair are not luggage! Airlines refusal to properly secure wheelchairs must stop. The wait to repair a wheelchair is often an unbearable few months. 🤬airlines disregard for wheelchairs harms a disabled person everyday. Furious the violent disrespect hurt @teresa_nguyen_ 💛 – at Boston, MA
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Colleen Flanagan retweeted
Did you see Roll Call's ableist cartoon yesterday?
The daily experience of Americans with disabilities has no business being the punchline in any joke.
To everyone who has worked tirelessly to expand and protect the rights of disabled workers, and to all of you who have fought to develop the workforce that allows people with disabilities to live with independence and freedom, thank you. #HappyLaborDay – at Boston, MA
Colleen Flanagan retweeted
Today marks one year since #RoevWade was overturned. Moving forward, disabled people must be included in efforts to protect reproductive freedom. My forthcoming @UCLALawReview article provides a framework for doing so. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… – at Norman, OK
58 days ago JetBlue destroyed my powerchair.
Today I finally got the replacement - paid for by JetBlue- and it feels absolutely amazing to have my independence back. 🦼 – at Boston, MA
ALT Colleen in her home sitting in brand new powerchair
Colleen Flanagan retweeted
More than 40,000 people with disabilities rely on the MassHealth personal care attendant program. But a critical shortage of PCAs is leaving many people, like Malden resident Rhoda Gibson, without care they need to live independently. @GBHNews
ALT A woman in a wheelchair sits outside in front of a park fence. She wears a bright green shirt that says 'free our people' and 'National Adapt.'
Colleen Flanagan retweeted
Here’s a real life example of how just listening to disabled people can be the difference:
A brief thread.
Over a month ago my power wheelchair was destroyed because I traveled by air. ✈️
Yesterday - over 37 days later- I was told the airline finally ordered a replacement. 🦼
Now let’s guess.. how many more days until @JetBlue gives me back my independence? 🤷🏻♀️
ALT Text that reads Good Afternoon Colleen, your new chair is on order and once we have an estimated ship date. Thanks.
The harm airlines place on disabled travelers must stop! usatoday.com/story/travel/ai…
Colleen Flanagan retweeted
From @bglobetoday: A supreme court ruling could essentially rewrite the Americans with Disabilities Act. @globeopinion senior opinion writer @kimberlyeatkins talks with @seguntheprogram and explains what’s at risk. trib.al/BMKGX3c
Colleen Flanagan retweeted
Ask your Senator and Congressmember to sign on as sponsors for S.545 and H.R.1267, which will address the lack of accessibility and damage to mobility devices on airplanes. #MSActivist nationalmssociety.org/About-…
Thank you @Chris_Tanaka for caring and covering my story. Wish I could say @JetBlue cared, but they made it clear over the past 11days that they do not care about disabled travelers. It’s #JustPlaneWrong.
Colleen Flanagan retweeted
Wow’ I guess the @JetBlue PR department is as clueless as their scheduling department. @CollenFlangan deserves answers, and she deserves her chair repaired ASAP. #WillJetBlueRespond? #shameOnJetBlue people shouldn’t have to out a company on Twitter for something so basic. #11Days
Colleen Flanagan retweeted
Until we, as a disabled community, get involved in politics… as citizens, as advocates, as lobbyists, as electeds.. to DEMAND & SECURE our #basicaccess and our #DisabilityRights.. this will continue to happen. #COLeg #FlyingWhileDisabled #COPolitics
11 days ago JetBlue destroyed my power wheelchair. I’m still waiting for an adequate loaner wheelchair, that is my size. I miss the independence a properly fitted power wheelchair provides. Thanks to all who are searching for a better solution for me! cbsnews.com/boston/news/coll…
Thank you @Chris_Tanaka for caring and covering my story. Wish I could say @JetBlue cared, but they made it clear over the past 11days that they do not care about disabled travelers. It’s #JustPlaneWrong.
11 days ago JetBlue destroyed my power wheelchair. I’m still waiting for an adequate loaner wheelchair, that is my size. I miss the independence a properly fitted power wheelchair provides. Thanks to all who are searching for a better solution for me! cbsnews.com/boston/news/coll…
11 days ago JetBlue destroyed my power wheelchair. I’m still waiting for an adequate loaner wheelchair, that is my size. I miss the independence a properly fitted power wheelchair provides. Thanks to all who are searching for a better solution for me! cbsnews.com/boston/news/coll…
Since you don’t have a timeline, let me share mine with you. After waiting an entire week I am told the damage will only begin to be assessed today. Your lack of urgency is more insulting than the damage itself. This is #JustPlaneWrong.
