Awareness from a Debate of Permitted Limit of Prosthetic Limb When Boarding

Abstract

New problems arising from the developed prosthesis have emerged. Among them, is when a person with disability is wearing an electric prosthesis and is boarding an airplane. There is a regulation for walking AIDS separated from the body such as an electric wheelchair, but there are no rule for boarding of the advanced prosthesis attached to the body. For disabilities, prostheses should be recognized as part of the body and this has substantial relevance to the issues in the rights of the disabled. The most fundamental reason for not allowing the prosthesis is that it tends not to recognize the prosthesis as part of the body. By the way, the problem is caused by the safety issue and fear of passengers. This is what happened to South African disabled shot-putter 'Tyrone Pillay' and a disabled professional dancer 'Haslet-Davis' of USA. In this paper, we discussed how to improve the perception of the disabled through debating disabilities' boarding process. Finally we suggested that we should regards the prosthetic limb as a part of the body. © 2017 International Information Institute.