Olivia's Vlog: Long haul flying when you use a wheelchair

Olivia Shivas lives in New Zealand, but she's off to Finland to finish her studies. It's a long way from New Zealand to Finland - including two long haul flights back to back. Olivia uses a wheelchair for mobility... follow her as she travels from one side of the world to the other.

[leslieedelson]

I have the same concern. I wear an incontinance pad for short flights but I would be nervous on longer flights. How do you manage it?

[annetteperkins]

I wish I could afford to fly to Scandinavia. How did you manage to afford to get there? Since you obviously had at least one person fly with you, who did you go with? It must have been rather comfortable in first class and be able to lean back. I couldn't fly first class though- I'd fly economy class. My furtherest flight ever was from Auckland to Los Angeles. I was going to Vancouver, but I had to stop over at Los Angeles for a transfer plane.

[evercuriousmichelle]

This may be too personal of a question so I can understand if you don't answer: Do you have to get someone to bring the aisle chair if you want to go to the bathroom? Does the aisle chair even fit in the tiny airplane bathrooms?

[annetteperkins]

Can you please ask your brother to put the Elevate video of 2016 on youtube? For some people, them being in the video generates more interest if they see the people who show them the video are in the video. I've never been in a youtube video before.

[skelegunsoooooo]

In the US there is the Americans with disabilities. I live in the US state in Georgia