Adelaide Airport installs literal hoops to jump through in order to use wheelchair pickup 

Adelaide Airport has responded to criticism after viral footage of disability advocate Shane Hryhorec being turned away from the wheelchair pickup area despite being in a wheelchair while accompanied by a service dog, which apparently wasn’t enough proof that he needed to use the wheelchair zone.

The airport has apologised for any ‘frustration’ caused by their rules, saying they plan to make things more obvious for those disabled people who need these systems by adding a physical hoop to jump through for every metaphorical one they have.

“The people involved didn’t jump through the hoops they didn’t know existed,” said a representative for the airport, “but now we have made it clear what hoops they need to jump through to qualify as disabled in our eyes.”

“The new literal hoops will be on fire but that’s because the flames make it easier to spot the hoops disabled people need to jump through. That’s called allyship.”

“Service dogs will also be required to jump through but that’s just because we think it would be cool to see.”

“We hope these changes will clear up any confusion and protect from any pr disasters in the future.”

The airport also stated they plan to cut down on those who don’t meet their requirements to use wheelchair accessible spaces by replacing all ramps with escalators that only go the wrong way.