The Latest Breaking News from Shane Hryhorec

Wheelchair Advocate Slams Airline After Missing Flight But Netizens Claim It Was Justified

Shane Hryhorec has lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission and wants to see real-time change from the airline.

Bored Panda · Aug 21

Virgin Australia removed a wheelchair user because his mobility device would not fit under his seat; airline later admitted the device had been incorrectly assessed

Virgin Australia has issued an apology to Shane Hryhorec after he was removed from a flight due to a misunderstanding regarding the safety of his wheelchair's power add-on motor. Despite Hryhorec's explanation that the device easily detaches, airline staff insisted on his removal. This incident unveils the need for improved…

The Times of India · Aug 20

Passenger boards a flight with a mobility device. Then staff tell him it has to go somewhere impossible and offboarded him: ‘needs to make it stop’

'His assigned seat left no room'

We Got This Covered · Aug 19

‘Bottom of the food chain’: e-scooter riders push for reimagining of Australia’s bike lanes

A new transport hierarchy is being negotiated in our cities, leading to friction on footpaths and bickering in bike lanes. Is there a better way?

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2023

New sit paddleboards let people with a disability like Shane Hyrhorec enjoy water sports

When Shane Hryhorec saw accessible paddleboards overseas he wanted to make sure people in Australia could give them a go too.

ABC News · Dec 1, 2022

‘Second-class citizen’: man lifted on to plane as Darwin airport had no ramp for wheelchair users

Being carried across the gap between the air bridge and the plane risked his, his wife’s and airline staffs’ safety, says passenger

The Guardian - AU · Oct 5, 2022

Disability advocate Shane Hryhorec says he had passport, wheelchair taken in Abu Dhabi airport 'ordeal'

When Adelaide disability advocate Shane Hryhorec recently passed through Abu Dhabi airport, he wasn't expecting to have his wheelchair seized — but he says his passport was confiscated as well.

ABC News · Sep 23, 2022

Wheelchair user Shane Hryhorec has the moves to get around SA's dancing ban at the Adelaide Fringe

An Adelaide entrepreneur, event organiser and disability advocate wants to give non-wheelchair users an opportunity to be educated and entertained simultaneously — by getting them onto the dancefloor.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2022