We are making progress JR..
Not everyone who smokes gets lung disease or cancer.. and not everybody who snowboards breaks a leg, but both outcomes are self inflicted. The person who smokes isn't deliberately trying to get cancer, but understands the risk, the person who snowboards is not trying to break a leg, but understands the risk..
However, you appear to have shifted your position on my obese patient who had asthma ... originally you went after her because she gained weight and it was self inflicted.. you appear now to have accepted her disability on reflection.. but doesn't this just prove the point.
The original poster was abandoned by Delta and dragged herself to the gate... this becomes proof that she didn't need the wheelchair in the first place. This is extreme judgementalism I am afraid. I work with people with complex disabilities. I have plenty of clients who could drag themselves more than 200 metres, but they would pay a heavy price the rest of the day and why should they? There are other disabilities which could require assistance, but which don't meet your criteria.
What do you make of this example? I once had a patient who was travelling to through Brussels on the late, but not lamented, Sabena. He had a brain injury, and had significant problems with disorientation. We asked Sabena to help him to make his connection in Brussels. Their suggestion? They put a request for a wheelchair in the system. This meant someone would meet him and take him to his next gate and make sure he got on the plane. Seems a legitimate and sensible solution to me.. but not allowed under your scheme on the grounds that he can walk 200 yards...
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