Definition of age

Morris_fe1s

I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on what was intended by the law makers in regards to the definition of age.

Article 2 of 1107/2006 states a person of reduced mobility includes, "Age." Could someone reasonably argue that a young child falls into this category or would a Judge interpret age meaning an elderly person only.

I have my own ideas yet i am told that age was intended to mean elderly only.

"Person with reduced mobility’ means
any person whose mobility when using transport is reduced
due to any........


Thanks for any thoughts at all

Carawaystick

I'd say age was intended to mean old age, but reading the regulation, seems it applies to all age related disabilities.

Little miss Carawaystick is hardy now, but I have dragged her through airports with luggage, would have been handy to get a stroller for the airport

Wheelnut

I would take it that an age related disability means that if the person did not have the disability they would be able to cope like a person in full health. Many very old people are able to cope. A very young child is not suffering from any disability, he just has not learned yet and given time he will learn to cope.

Victor

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006R1107:EN:NOT

I would argue that children under 2 are "persons with reduced mobility". Disability isn't the only cause of reduced mobility. However, the whole document should be read.

Peregrinus

I would have said that a very small child is definitely a "person of reduced mobility", and I would have said that it was due to age, although in the end that doesn't matter - the directive covers everone of reduced mobility "whether caused by disability, age or any other factor".

However, speaking from experience, getting a very small child through an airport is actually pretty straightforward - you carry them. The problems really arise with toddlers and older and, far from being persons of reduced mobility, the difficulty is that they are persons of excessive mobility.

Morris_fe1s

Peregrinus wrote: »

I would have said that a very small child is definitely a "person of reduced mobility", and I would have said that it was due to age, although in the end that doesn't matter - the directive covers everone of reduced mobility "whether caused by disability, age or any other factor".

However, speaking from experience, getting a very small child through an airport is actually pretty straightforward - you carry them. The problems really arise with toddlers and older and, far from being persons of reduced mobility, the difficulty is that they are persons of excessive mobility.

Could a toddlers excessive mobility be construed as a disability?

Peregrinus

Morris_fe1s wrote: »

Could a toddlers excessive mobility be construed as a disability?

1. No, I don't think so. Being a toddler is not a disablity; it's a normal stge of human development.

2. Even if it were a disablity, that would be no help so far as the directive is concerned. The directive only protects people who have reduced mobility caused by age, disablity or other factors. Disability causing anything other than reduced mobility is not mentioned.