Originally Posted by
Georgia Peach
I once has the TSA tell me I couldn't use the special assistance line because I didn't "look handicapped", she had no way to verify it was really mine. Never mind it has the exact same name as my ID and BP.
Gate agents have always been accomodating.
If you encounter this, what happens when you insist that you really are disabled? I've been using a chair since age 30, which isn't that young, but still young enough to get people to think I don't look "handicapped". I haven't had anything happen with TSA, but they do ask me if I can get up, or if I can remove my shoes. Since I can do neither, I do have to insist sometimes that I really can't do those things. They have not given me a problem after that. What happens when you do the same?