Airlines decides if woman has disability

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Nathalie Allport-Grantham was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which limits her movement and causes chronic pain, and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, which quickens her heart rate, preventing her from walking long distances and leaving her prone to frequent fainting.

When trying to obtain wheelchair assistance at London's Heathrow airport she was told "she didn't look disabled"
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ad ... a7af144823

Allport-Grantham is apparently used to being called a liar over her very real disability. Among the comments she's received is that she is "too pretty to be disabled"

Did she have a National Disabled Identification (DID) Card that's issued in the UK?

When it comes to me getting disabled services like a wheelchair which I need sometimes and disabled parking etc, it isn't based on how I look. In other words the fact that I'm obviously disabled from looking at me isn't enough, a card or placard is required to be displayed.

Good point Ezra, perhaps she should carry some form of ID

I feel for this woman, POTS can be pretty bad. I have it myself and I often can’t stand up without near fainting. I hope she figures out a solution to the question asked. I agree with the ID idea.

I've had tachycardia issue, but it wasn't diagnosed as anything. Nothing more fun than having your heart racing for no reason.

Why the f**k would anyone ask for a wheelchair if they didn't need one? And why the f**k would any employee take the chance when if they're wrong they risk losing their job? What's the worst that can happen, you end up wheeling some idiot around, when it's your job to wheel people around anyway.

Also how many idiots that might do it are going to be buying plane tickets and potentially risking the money they paid by being idiots?