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Australians with disability can spend hours on domestic flights unable to use the toilet, forcing some passengers to restrict fluids, use enemas before travelling or find other ways to relieve themselves during a flight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is one of the realities of accessible air travel highlighted by Julie Jones, co-founder of accessible travel platform Have Wheelchair Will Travel, as Physical Disability Australia (PDA) calls for binding new standards governing how airlines and airports accommodate passengers with disability.<\/p>\n

Jones told Travel Weekly<\/em> that while accessible bathrooms are available on some larger international aircraft, passengers travelling domestically can face hours in the air without access to a toilet they can use.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people have enemas the day before to ensure bowel continence on a flight,\u201d she said. \u201cSome people during night flights are using, like men using, a bottle under a blanket, having their partner or somebody go and empty it for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s very inhumane, that side of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones had flown from Perth to Sydney the day before speaking to Travel Weekly<\/em> and said there was no accessible bathroom available during the roughly four-hour journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that in 2026 people still don\u2019t have accessible bathrooms \u2026 going to the bathroom isn\u2019t a luxury,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Juline JOnes, founder of Have Wheelchair Will Travel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018We are not cargo\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

PDA has lodged a submission to the Federal Government\u2019s Aviation Disability Standards consultation calling for enforceable rules rather than voluntary guidance for airlines and airports.<\/p>\n

The peak body, which represents Australians with physical disability, argues passengers continue to face broken mobility aids, denied boarding and inadequate assistance when flying.<\/p>\n

Its submission calls for nine key changes, including mobility aids being treated as an extension of the person, passengers being allowed to remain in their own wheelchairs for as long as possible, published limits on passengers requiring assistance and mandatory disability competency training.<\/p>\n

It also calls for accessible toilets, moveable armrests, accessible passenger controls and accessible in-flight information to become standard on new and refurbished aircraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlying is not a luxury. It is how we get to work, to medical care, to family, to a life,\u201d PDA CEO Suzanne Gearing said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not cargo. We are passengers. It\u2019s time the rules said so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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