Shane Was Humiliated By The TSA
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Shane Burcaw (he/him) is the author of several award-winning books about disability. He is the President of a nonprofit organization called Laughing At My Nightmare, and a renowned public speaker who has performed across the country at places such as Harvard University, The University of Florida, The University of Connecticut, Princeton University, and many more.
Hannah Burcaw (she/her) graduated from Carleton College, where she studied Sociology and Anthropology. She films and edits the “Squirmy and Grubs” vlog, which has over 800,000 subscribers on UA-cam. Hannah has spoken at prestigious universities and Fortune 500 companies alike about the realities of ableism. On her popular Instagram account, she advocates for acceptance of all people and works to improve the way society thinks about disability.
Shane and Hannah have been together for over four years. They got married in September of 2020 in the midst of a global pandemic in their backyard, with their officiant conducting the ceremony via Zoom. Their interabled relationship often confuses people, because much of society still cannot fathom people with disabilities being involved in loving, intimate relationships. Anyone who watches these episodes will quickly see their relationship is just as “normal” as any other. Sure, Hannah helps Shane use the bathroom and brush his teeth, but those activities do not detract from the emotional, intellectual, and physical connection they experience together.
Completely unacceptable. I tweeted this at TSA because they need to see this and make changes. Thanks for being so willing to talk about this but am so sorry this happened.
Thank you for doing that; I took your lead and did the same. This is ridiculous! They’re lucky Shane wasn’t hurt although unfortunately for some, it’s only the threat of lawsuits that would make them do the safe, right, and sensible thing. I hope they fix this so no one else has to be put through a situation like this.
Thank you Emily ! 🙏
As long as she likes her butt out for the thumbnail it’s all good…. Water under the bridge…..they make money off you guys feeling sorry for them all of the time.
Horrible. Maybe the agent was nice but please report what happened.
Wow…and also hard to believe no one in a wheelchair has been there before!
I’m young and have a disability due to an accident. I’ll never forget my first time flying in a wheelchair... TSA insisted that I walk through the metal detector.... I was like, I... can’t walk...?? And they kept telling me to try, offering crutches or a cane before finally wheeling me through a side door. I have NO WORDS. I HATE traveling because of how inaccessible it is but want to say that I’m really grateful for your videos, you are spreading awareness and just in the last few years I’ve noticed so many people becoming more away of disabilities and needing to accommodate them and I know you guys are a huge reason for that. Thank you! I’m so sorry you had to go through this, I started getting nervous just hearing about the right turn space to take your photo. I’m not suprised about the awful fingerprint scan... it’s the same for banks, I lost my debit card (coincidentally the day before the flight I just mentioned) and to get another one I HAD to sign a keypad that was bolted in and on the employees side of the counter... instead of being able to complete the process with my ID and in the drive through lane like they said I could over the phone, a bank employee had to WHEEL OUT A ROLLING OFFICE CHAIR to my car while my mom pushed me up the Ada ramp and into the building (again needing their help with the door) only to get to a standing height non-movable signature keypad that was absolutely required for me to get access to my own account... my mom had to help hoist me. It was mortifying. I actually forgot about this entirely until watching this video. There are so many things like this that are just normal to me and I forget how wrong it is. I try to explain to my friends my anxiety and how things aren’t ADA accessible but they will insist they are, even if I do call ahead to a place to confirm somethings accessible, half the time we get there and it’s actually not (like the 24” clearance for that photo space they had you in). Hannah should NOT have had to lift you, again, thank you for sharing. It’s helps more than you know❤️
As humiliating as an experience as this was, I think the fact that you can share it with the world is so helpful! Years ago, when having trouble with these processes, there really wasn't anything anyone could do but complain to a couple of people about it. Now you can put it on the internet for millions to see. It HAS to help raise the awareness for the NEED for accessibility. So while I am sorry that it was dehumanizing, I appreciate you guys so much for sharing these personal hardships.
I just had to comment on this one. As a social worker, this is just so upsetting on so many levels. Your videos have really opened my eyes when I am out and about running errands or in the community. I notice all the time how MOST places are not at all accessible. I sincerely thank you because I never really thought about it before watching your videos. Kudos to all of the awareness you bring to people. I am sure the staff at that TSA office shared with their superiors what an awful experience it was for you. Crazy that my iphone can recognize my face from pretty much any angle, but they need to go through all that nonsense just to allow someone on a plane. Crazy! And, so excited about the bra. :)
I find myself checking the accessibility of places I go to since I’ve been watching their videos too!
such a good point about tech now, scan your face, but no zero access for wheelchairs. among a million other things. tryin to push a digital wallet and all this insanity when THIS is what REALITY IS and what we need to work on. but dont get me strted how we let tech destroy our lives
i have trauma from TSA experiences. my worst one was being separated from my mom (which wasn't supposed to happen, i was 11 or 12) after having 'bomb residue' found on my hands and wheelchair (it was hand sanitizer) and i got put in this tiny room with no A/C so someone could test me again. i was crying and this agent was not being helpful at all. eventually someone else heard me crying and came in, and went 'this is a child. where is their mom?' and got her for me. eventually things were cleared but we almost missed our flight because of it. even with pre-check, i get anxiety attacks leading up to tsa now. i'm so sorry you guys had an awkward experience. i'm glad people were understanding though!
Thats AWFUL!!! Im sorry you experienced this!😢
Just ridiculous. This is exactly why people hate TSA. These examples happen too often.
What if you or your mom was a terrorist?
Surely there is a legal entity that could address this. You deserve an apology and also to stop this deplorable behaviour (by a entity who is supposed to be for our protection) from happening to someone else. This apology may help with your anxiety re TSA.
Wow sorry! Awful. All my experiences esp over seas is the laxyliness of TSA. I'll go to the handicapped line (although oddly an agent provided by the airport will push me instead of my wife). They scan the airport dudes stuff and my wife then they look at me and ask if I have a connection and let me go.
The TSA and airplanes need to be wwaaaaay more accessible! There is no way I could do this without some sort of meltdown or tears! Props to you both and to the people there! Hannah I can't imagine your head space in that balancing act!!!
This is JUST unbelievable. Unacceptable!!!
TSA, are you listening?!
Not unbelievable at all if you have a disability and need to get on a plane. My disability is so minimal, yet it’s always a big deal going through tsa. Deplorable
I had a TSA agent tell me to "hurry up!!!" once, which caused me great embarrassment. My disability is much less than Shane's...but I was humiliated.
I asked for the manager and was told I simply had to keep moving.
There HAS to be a better way.
How horrible for you ...hope you set a letter of complaint
People can be so stunningly cruel! 😢I have "invisible" disabilities which make everyday living extremely difficult, and it is very humiliating to be treated so callously. People don't realize that everyone has different abilities, and not everyone can live up to the so-called "normal" standard.
This is horrifying to listen to. This is the stuff you never think about other people having to go through. It’s absolutely inexcusable that a government agency isn’t accessible. I’m so sorry you guys had to deal with this. I hope those agents are submitting this to someone. Gosh idk what should even be done but that needs to be fixed immediately.
OMG! Somebody needs to file a suit against the TSA for noncompliance with ADA regulations regarding accessibility in a Federal agency office.
Hopefully the kind TSA agent takes this situation with them and try and get some change when it comes to this. Insane
With it being a government agency - good luck with that 🤞🏼😒
Bless you both. 💖
TSA is another useless gov. control agency, they prevent nothing... besides bottles of shampoo over 3 oz, ridiculous! People have gotten onto plane carrying 3-D printed weapons and other dangerous stuff, total fiasco.
We have tablets at my location which is also in Minnesota. All locations should switch to the tablets. This could have likely been a much easier process for them,
I did my TSA precheck at Staples and the camera wasn’t fixed! The guy used a tablet to take the picture. Absolutely insane that that isn’t the case everywhere!
As a fellow person with a disability, and having traveled once since being in a wheelchair; I can relate to some of your experience. I would love to work with you and Hannah to start a movement to improve the ADA if you are willing to do that.
Boost this up with likes so they can see it y'all :)
@@julesc1989 thank you
I would also like to help ensure that ACCURATE healthcare and educational literacy was the norm. Clearly it's not and we never learn. The federal government needs to step up and effectively enforce protection for ALL marginalized groups. I'm a disabled hospice healthcare worker. I have hEDS & bc I'm poor it took me 31 yrs to even get an accurate diagnosis. It's because I have accurate healthcare literacy but I'm so poor that I can't bring lawsuits against anyone and unfortunately in this reality significant lawsuits is only how things change but those processes also INACCESSIBLE to people who can't afford to do it and have significant disability. We're just completely excluded and that's wrong. Poverty and lack of true accessibility is a policy choice. Thx for always speaking up. It's so important esp to a zebra like myself. ❤️🩹🦓
I am in. I am tired of being treated like a thing that doesn't need to exist. I feel like they want to keep me locked up and not have a life.
And what happens if the disabled person is injured in all this? It is really scary what could happen.
Wow! TSA needs to make some changes for this process. An organization like this needs to come into the real world and make all offices fit the Disabilities Act criteria.
They should already!
I just wanted to ThAnK yOu for *ALL* you do, going above and beyond while sharing with us. I am so sorry you had to deal with and were put through this situation. Even so, you sure as hell can put a smile on my face and make my chemo days, like today, a little more tolerable. I cannot express the amount of thanks, positive vibes, and much love being sent your way!! Don’t know if you’ll ever see this but wanted to share! 💕
Hi, I may not know you but I wish you all the best! You will do this and beat cancer´s ass! Greetings from Germany!
Best wishes to you, especially on your chemo days. Hang in there. 💜
Just letting you know my thoughts and heart are with you.
TSA has a superiority complex. My wife has to use a wheelchair and had been humiliated several times it really feels like they are signaling out disabled people. We now still have TSA pre check and its still in issue 😢 sorry this happened to you guys too ❤️
shane i can tell you as a fellow hyperhidrosis sufferer they have to get out the paper towels for me too dude😅 but what a mess!! i’m really sorry this is the reality of so many things that abled bodied people don’t even have to think about. your sense of humor even with horribly frustrating experiences like this is amazing, keep that!!
When I went in for TSA pre-check I had a similar issue. They didn’t want my service dog coming in with me. Once I explained that he helps me walk they let me in. Doing the fingerprinting was horrible. My hands tend to always have a little bit of a shake to them so they kept moving. My worst experience with TSA was when I was about 8 years old, I was in my wheelchair and had my braces on. The TSA agent told me and my mom “she has to take her shoes off” my mom said “actually she doesn’t because of her leg braces plus she’s going to get a pat down”. They made me take my shoes off anyway. After we went through one of the TSA agents saw my mom putting my braces and shoes back on and the agent apologized and said she wasn’t aware that’s what my mom meant by braces. 🤦♀️.
One time the tsa insisted my uncle take his shoes off his prosthetics, so he just took off his legs. They weren't expecting that.
You have nothing to feel embarrassed about. They do!
Agree with you 100%. And Hannah needs to check in to the Reality Inn. The last entity I would expect to be accessible, flexible and accommodating would be a government entity. Hypocrisy hassle in gov runs deeper than whale dooty. Local, state and federal. Conform to our standard or be damned. No exceptions! And shut up about it or you will go on a watch list. A free people do not have the restrictions and requirements on travel that we do. The Patriot Act is one of the worst pieces of legislation ever to become law in our country. The southern border is wide open yet American citizens are molested, embarrassed, violated and persecuted by the millions every day. And we condone it with our silence and compliance. Rant concluded.
It's all click baits with these two .
They have a $ 2 million dollar mansion they can live and sit sleep and have fun time why don't they just call it a day with thier BS.
@@4randosutube I agree totally. Thanks for that rant. We Canadian get so hassled when we go to the States, that many Canadians don't even want to go there anymore. We get treated oft times as if we were bad Criminals, they had me in tears, it is frightening and awful.
@@doggybag5116 And yet here you are.
You do realize that ANY comments made boosts the algorithm which in turn generates more views and likes, right?
@@itsadogslife65 maybe so but we are all ready for them to stop this fake life. We all know what Hannah is up to
You guys are such great advocates. In a small way, you’ve made me enact change. If I see something blocking a path (large branch, shopping cart, whatever) I’ll move it in hopes that a person with limited mobility won’t have trouble passing. I never thought about things like that before. I know you, and all of us, raise awareness on a larger scale, too.
Thaaaank youuuu!!! Truly! My mom uses an electric wheelchair and can not get around people putting their stuff on public sidewalks 😭
LoL I ended up on the news a few years back because I stopped my car to get out and move the Bird scooters some idiots left across the sidewalk because a lady in an electric wheelchair could not access. Thankfully the cars behind me waiting to get on the street never got mad. The positives? The woman did not have to take a huge detour just to get to where she was going (and it was over 90 F outside), and her story helped get regulations on how the scooters were used in town.
Having a 15year old in a wheelchair, I understand some of the crazy situations that people have to deal with. It's amazing how so little seems to be thought about concerning accessibility until someone shows up that needs special help. How else will people learn unless we show up with our issues? Great work persisting through really tough situations.
I have a friend with severe CP who has had to get fingerprints multiple times due to the field she works in. It's this same thing every time. They told her it was illegal to say she was missing fingers, and eventually got an approval to do ink and paper instead. I think that should be an option for everyone. My hands were so dry when I needed them, that it took FOREVER and they finally had to settle for just thumb prints. I can't believe they didn't have another more accessible office, or alternatives to ANY of it!
This story is exactly why Shane’s non proffit is called laughing at my nightmare... what a nightmare, idk how you can laugh about this already. I’m perpetually in a state of “too soon” whenever I have mortifying ADA experiences like this. Thanks for showing a more positive mindset than I would have
Thank you both for this video.
I am also in a wheelchair and was once berated by a borough official because when asked about my height I said „I don't know exactly, I can't fully extend my legs and that's why I have an approximate height in my ID". (During the entire conversation, I sat in front of her in my wheelchair accompanied by a personal assistant).
Still, I had to remind her several times that I can't stand up, or put myself on a scale.
Fun fact: I was actually there to have my certificate of good conduct issued, since I had started volunteering. No questions about that at all…
Thanks for your effort.❤
I can't believe you had to go through all that. My TSA pre-check was quick and easy. With all the ADA laws, why aren't these offices updated? I'm glad you are speaking out about this to make people aware.
My gosh this is just unacceptable! Especially since people with all types of disabilities really benefit from pre check. I hope your experience helps them make their office more assessable.
You couldn’t be the only disabled person to have this done. So sorry this happened to you. ❤❤
I got a freaking pat down at the age of FIVE for making the metal detector go off with my wheelchair that I needed to take with me to a spina bifida convention.
Wow! 😒
Wow….we have been putting off taking our 25 yr old son with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy in to get TSA PRE….just because of the hassle factor, but compared with what you both endured…..we should prevail.
I’m mortified by what you experienced-- & can’t help but feel that you all really should file a lawsuit, not to accuse the employees who tried their best to help you but rather to FIX a Government system that clearly is not ADA compliant!!
God bless you both for your perseverance & humor as you try to make the world for the disabled a bit more user friendly & accommodating. ❤️
PS Love the bra….I need to get one!
watching you guys, Sabia and Loren, Cole & Charisma, & Molly Burke has totally altered my perception on disabilities & accessibility
So grateful for that & I hope the world can one day welcome you guys in instead of making things harder
yep, if your are able body people, you don't have to think about this things at all but there are millions of humans that have disabilities all over the world and they have to survive this ableism world.
The TSA needs to get their act together. You could have been seriously hurt.
I am so sorry you had to endure this. This is unacceptable. As an elderly person I see and have had to go through unacceptable situations. We as a Country need to do much better for all our disabled. Thank you both for always sharing your stories.
The government wants handicap people to stay home and not have a life. I am disabled I have so many stories. I love how you are handling it because when I think of the things I gone through or things that have been said to me my government people I get pissed off. Thanks for sharing your story it definitely helps that I am not alone
I think you are 100% spot on -- the government thinks you should never leave your home, you should be grateful for the pittance you receive on disability and not have the audacity to want to be able to live independently and in a safe place. Except when they periodically send you "invitations" to try to work 🙄. I've worked since I was 14 yrs old (12 if you count babysitting), and have paid into the system the whole time. Yet, you are treated as if you are trying to get something you don't need or deserve.
I'm so sorry for your experience. My friend had a horrible experience with having to get off the plane through the way the trash goes out and she almost fell and her mom got hurt trying to prevent the fall and scrapped skin off her arms. I'm so glad you guys advocate for better accessibility. I don't think my friend ever flew again.
You two just keep persevering! I want you to know that you are making a big difference just by bringing these things forward for all of us to be aware of. I think you also kept things lighter for the people working at the TSA. your attitude put them at ease and just made people think out of the box.
Oh no, I can’t believe when they installed their equipment they didn’t make certain they were fully adjustable to accommodate everyone, regardless of their needs!! Shane, I am so sorry you had to endure that!! 😕❤️
I'm so sorry you had to go through that, Shane. It really is disgusting how our government wastes its money and doesn't help our citizens.
I’m speechless. I had no idea the challenges you have in situations like this. Appalling to say the least. Thanks for sharing ❤
It blows my mind that they (the TSA) haven't encountered this situation multiple times! But I know I'm being naive here; this is the reality for lots of people who don't happen to fit the "norm." I hope your activism inspires change because people deserve access to these services! Thank you for bringing light to these issues!
I think this is my favorite video of yours that I've seen so far. You're describing such a truly terrible experience and drawing attention to something important that needs to change, but had me laughing with you the whole time. I've had a lot of shitty things happen in my lifetime and I've always tried to find the humor in them, but I hate when other people can't laugh with me and just feel bad for me. I just love the balance you struck in this video between a serious topic and humor/humility. It's the only way to get through the pains of life, we gotta laugh it off together. So thank you for this one :)
I am so sorry this happened to you. It was completely unacceptable. But thank you for being willing to share this, to hopefully change things for others. Love you guys.
You two are amazing to still laugh about it, your experience will help others, and for that you are heroes
It's important to make videos like this. I'm so glad that you do. I imagine some people may feel too embarrassed to share experiences like this.
Hopefully the agents supervisor will see the CCTV of this and make changes immediately. Thank you for being an advocate 👍
I'm glad you all have a good sense of humor and aren't bitter about it. I'm so sorry that happened to you! 😭 We love you guys! Maybe they will change their accessibility standards just because of this and you'll have saved someone else who couldn't laugh about it! ♥️
Im old enough to remember pre 9-11 when TSA wasnt so invasive. Im sorry for the experience you had Shane!
I remember your previous stories about your nightmare trying to book a flight for your vacation with Hannah's mom awhile back. What a hassle!!
😡😡😡
TSA started in November 2001. There was only regular airport security prior to 9/11.
I would be writing the agency. They need to be aware and redo their offices for accommodating.
So sorry that happened. I have a daughter with disabilities and sometimes I just don't get that they don't get it 😳😔
Shane: "Is there nothing else we can do?"
TSA employe: "We could say that you have no hands..."
This nearly killed me😂
Whoa 😮😳😔😶😑📝📑
What in the actual hell...??!!?? I'm not disabled but that makes me so angry that you had to go through that!! That's awful! I seriously can't believe that happened! Hopefully the people who work there will be able to get the necessary changes made to make things more accessible!! Love y'all 😁♥️😍
I truly hope someone higher up in TSA administration sees this… I literally can’t believe how horrid this story is!! So sorry you had to go through that. I seriously can’t fathom how NOBODY at TSA who set up this facility thought about wheelchair users… or heck, even people with different shaped hands or shorter heights… there are so many categories of disabilities that this system wouldn’t accommodate… seriously unacceptable
nobody with dissabilityies work at TSA I guess, So they dont have to think about it, is not their reality. We disable people have to do the advocacy by ourselves.
This whole process has to be inclusive, the whole point in having this is to help people. It’s literally for so many reasons, I’m so sorry you went through this. TSA needs to sort this out like right now
The last time my then 94 year old grandmother flew, she was told to stand up from her wheelchair and walk through the TSA scanner unaided. While she was able to walk, she HAD to be assisted since she normally used a walker. She used the wheelchair for when going farther than the length of the house. Even with the walker she was a fall risk, but the TSA agent was insistent that she stand up and go through their scanner. The TSA had her ID that showed she was 94 years old. She had visible Parkinsons tremors and dementia, so following orders was difficult for her. She wasn't able to get out of a chair herself. She needed someone lifting her to a mostly upright posture and when she was balanced is when we would normally place her walker directly in front of her to grab. The walker was already checked in because she had a wheelchair to use from the car to the plane. But even if she had the walker, TSA said she had to go through the scanner without it. My sister, a physical therapist whose specialty is in geriatrics, somehow managed to use small enough words to explain to the TSA agent that what they were asking grandma to do was literally impossible for her. Thankfully grandma's dementia was advanced enough that she couldn't remember the humiliation, but we do.
This happened to us recently. The small room, position of fingerprint machine and signing pad and could barely move them. We held my son’s (C5/C6 Quad) hands down on fingerprint machine just like y’all did. We were able to get one hand. They had to make a notation as to his condition. The only positive was the photo area was more accessible. As you said, the TSA agents were very nice and tried their best to finish the process. Our applications were approved in a few days. My son’s took over a month.
They have got to do better than this. Thanks to you both for bringing attention to the struggles we go through.
Please god, hope someone at the TSA or DHS sees this video and does something!!
I saw “Shane was humiliated by the TSA” and never have I clicked so fast. TSA has humiliated me in my wheelchair literally more times than I can even remember. Wanted to stop by and say I feel for you, man.
Flying in a wheelchair is such a nightmare. I've never been so humiliated, dehumanized, and had my autonomy disregarded worse than my most recent air travel experience. Made me never want to fly again.
Just infuriating! 😢 Just breaks my ❤. Just makes No sense! I am so sorry this happened to you both and I am so happy you've illuminated this. I am blown away, this is so unjust! Needs to be fixed ASAP! Those with disabilities need TSA for valid reasons. Thank you for sharing this Shane, I think you and your voice Needs to be amplified! You know if you were to "introduce " a petition to effect such change, you have "US"; to sign and support! Love ❤you both bunches!
🎉I mean, I'm not trying to throw work into your lap, ...giggles! Did not mean to imply that. 😂. Haha. I sure support the whole issue though. 🎉
That was really eye opening. I got TSA precheck via that process and it certainly makes flying more convenient. Being that I am not disabled, it never even dawned on me how a wheelchair user would navigate that. I'm so sorry you had to go through such a bad experience. If anything, they should make it easier and accessible for disabled people as they would benefit so much from TSA precheck to help speed through the security lines. Thank you for spreading awareness.
aw man this story sounds so horrific. by the time I got to the photo part I would have been in tears from frustration.
on a positive note, I love your hair in this video Shane!
You can just tell them your hands grew back 😂 but for real I’m sorry you had to go through that! You do so much to spark change and I hope this is an eye opener for their office to become more accessible!
I’m so sorry that happened to you! This world needs to be more accessible for us disabled folks.
Shane and Hannah have a terrific sense of humor about things.
Thank you for sharing this experience, albeit a very challenging one. It's 2022 for goodness sake, there is no explanation for why we don't have handicap-accessible options everywhere. I'm so sorry you had to endure feeling humiliated and experiencing legitimate discomfort. Thank heavens for Hannah!💛🙏🏻💛
OMG😮😮!! I’ve never heard anything so humiliating for you Shane. I’m sorry you went through all of this process. This makes me angry. You are a real trooper. Love you guys.
OMG!! I thought ALL federal offices were required to be accessible according to ADA regulation!!! When I worked in interior design in the early 1990s redesigning state and commercial offices, I had to be sure that all of them met ADA requirements. I even had agencies mad that I couldn't "fudge" things so they could tighten up and get more into a space. I told them that for their safety, they also need to be accessible because I redesigned one office that was so messed up, clutter everywhere, extension cords in aisle ways, and an aisle so narrow that when a gentleman in the office had a heart attack, the recue squad couldn't get a gurney to him!!! They had to carry him out through all of that to the main hallway!!!! Those regulations are there for EVERYONE. Until someone is injured and suddenly needing a ramp, accessible door knob, or room for their casted leg, many give no thought to the importance of accessible features. We must do better.
I am so glad that you are brave enough to share your story!! Things like this need to be brought to light because there truly isn't enough accessibility during the TSA process at airports, and now knowing this about applying for Pre Check, I certainly will not even bother applying if there isn't accommodations for disabled limbs. I'm so, so sorry you had to go through this.
I would never have thought of that as an able person. I am so sorry that you have to face these challenges what able people take for granted.
We need to have our world be accessible for everyone.
Been watching you two for quite a long time now I would say a couple of years. I think you're both absolutely brilliant 😍 I watch all your videos, it's like an instant click
I'm a Healthcare Assistant for adults with physical disabilities so that just makes me love this channel even more.
P.s I LOVED the new podcast this week!
My sides hurt from laughing, 😂. I love you two. Congratulations. You will be wonderful parents. All the love and laughter. That will be one lucky child. Praying for you both as you go on this beautiful journey.
That sounds so insanely frustrating! I'm so sorry you went through that, thanks for sharing the story.
I found myself laughing when imagining poor handless Shane propped up on your knee like a puppet to take the picture - felt so bad for him - but you just tell the story so humorously.
OMG! I literally busted out 🤣 laughing 😂when Hanna demonstrated how she had to put Shane on her knee "like a puppet" to get a photo! The visual image, you guys! I was not expecting that! The TSA is so clueless. I hope you get compensated for what they put you through. Maybe some first class round trip tickets to a destination of your choice.
The accessibility issues for government offices are crazy. We had our office remodeled and a percentage of the model had to include updated accessibility items so they redid the handicapped parking spaces to include the yellow bumps and a ramp, they put safety bars around the drinking fountain and lowered a section. Of the reception desk. They didn’t put in the door buttons so the doors would automatically open! So you could park but you couldn’t get into the building. You had to get through two manual doors to get inside to the reception desk and drinking fountain! Lame, for sure.
Thank you so much for you fantastic videos! They're entertaining, informative, and thought provoking! I'm so sorry to hear that you had to go through this! My hubby and I are also an interabled couple. We both have MS - he's paralyzed and in a wheelchair, and I need a cane or rollator to get around from time to time. We've both had terrible experiences traveling or at the hands of government workers - from his wheelchair being damaged by an airline (who took no responsibility for it) to me ending up falling (in a dress) in front of onlookers who had gathered around to watch while security tried to make me walk without my cane through a metal detector. The complete incompetence and lack of compassion in this world is astounding sometimes. I wish you both the very best!!
Ordered the bra yesterday! ❤ can’t wait to get it!!
That's terrible! So glad you can now laugh about it. I hope you submit this as feedback to the TSA. This is so important!
Wow, that's unimaginable. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. Thank you for sharing your story.
"Applicant has no hands or head" lol.
Uneffingbelievable! I vote for you two getting a year of free travel to any and all destinations of your choice! Honestly WTF! This was the most unacceptable scenario ever! Sending you both gobs of love! And the Bra scenario is exquisite! I love everything about that!
I'm a guy, but I will buy the bra and wear it to support you, Shane and Hannah.
Lol 😅😆, if that's what you choose go for it but you can also buy for family or friends too, be extra supportive either way , it's all about support 🤔💭❗... ~NaNa~ ❤️💜
Or in fact send one my way, looks extremely comfortable
Donate it to a women’s shelter!
I believe Laughing at My Nightmare also accepts donations!
You could buy it and give it to a women’s shelter.
You guys are awesome, hope your video goes viral and helps places like the airlines make changes. Some serious common sense needed by these people.
Shane, your narrative of explaining the situation was absolutely hilarious. I was mentally right there with the two of you as the story unfolded. 🤣
I'm definitely thinking that I really need to purchase your book(s?) now if they're anywhere near as funny as your verbal storytelling is.
But seriously, YES! the world definitely needs to be more disabled-friendly. I run into these kinds of issues constantly in my line of work.
People don't realize how inaccessible the world as a whole is until you either really pay close attention to every surrounding you are in and look at if from a disabled person perspective or are actually thrown in that predicament yourself.
I can't even imagine a government office being that inaccessible. Clearly some people were not thinking during the design of the setup.
You’re hand experience at tsa is my biggest fear for me to go anywhere with something like that. I have an auto immune disease that affects the movement of my fingers and they are pretty much fused in a curled position and it’s very painful to move. I commend you for the way you handled that because I would not have been polite about that 😂
This is so unacceptable and shocking to hear. Honestly the amount of stories I've seen from you and other people with disabilities, no matter what they are, is quite scary and actually reminds me how lucky I am that my own disability doesn't impact me to this level.
Shame on them! This makes me so angry,I’m so sorry you had to go through that Shane
You guys are so uplifting. Thanks for sharing this experience.
I just did TSA Precheck at a Staples store. It would have been easy for Shane to reach things there. I think the camera was completely portable. It is crazy that you ended up in such an inaccessible place!
I remember going through tsa, I was yelled at because I had my belt on. I was teenager and I have a disability where sometimes I become overwhelmed with to much stimulation. So I always get nervous in tsa ever since.
Thankful how y’all share and I hope your platform becomes bigger and bigger.
I am 100% for disability accessibility, and this tops the cake! I am so sorry Shane that you had to go through this, I hate when you have access issues. Places ALL around the world should be accessable to people who are disabled. I have problems also, it's not a kind, easy, access world for people who have a disability. The whole experience would be embarrassing for me too, don't feel bad, after that experience I would be very mad, hurt , and I would just want to lay down and rest. Shane, my heart ❤️ goes out to you. Places need to be more accessable and have acommadations for people who have a disability! I am so happy that the process of this is over, I hope you can travel ( check in) faster now. I love you both so much and I hate to see how much trouble it is for you to get around, when you are doing good for people. Bless your heart ❤️
Absolutely ridiculous! How can any government agency be so stupidly designed!! I certainly hope those TSA workers report this and something is done to rectify these offices. Sorry you had to go through this Shane.
I heard one story where they were patting a grown autistic man down and asked what his adult diaper was and they took his security toy away because it was plastic and “could be used as a weapon”
Feeling embarrassment was a normal reaction but holy hell!! I hope this video gets shared and seen by someone who can actually make a change.
TSA has an online form you can use a few days prior to flying if you require specific or special needs. By using this form, it can save you a lot of headaches. Traveling is difficult enough but when someone requires anything outside the norm/typical then it becomes all the more frustrating. I travel with a LARGE SD so I understand the difficulties you encountered. ❤️ from Mexico
This ABSOLUTELY MUST change!! How awful. I'm so sorry you went through this.
I worked for the county sheriff's office and my job was fingerprinting the public. For licensing, employment and other reasons. Yup the office was not accessible, here is the hmmm part, I am disabled. At that time I was still able to walk and stand but not for any length of time. Oh my the stories I could tell about folks coming to be printed. Folks just like Shane. The office was going to be remodeled and I did get to put in my 2 cents. Then I had to quit because of a bully and never got to see it done. But your story is very familiar and I had to say a couple of times, no hands because just not possible to print them, and we could move the plate more and could do 1 finger at a time, but just not possible to get good enough prints. We would spend up to a hour trying, just couldn't get them to pass. Had several young men with very wet hands, hand sanitizer is what you use to dry them enough to print. So sorry that you had to go thru that, it is embarrassing. Just to make this a little funny, (not funny at all) but I live outside Washington DC, you know your favorite city with GREAT ACESS for diabled people. UGH!! I am now using a wheelchair most of the time and hmmm. DC sidewalks nearly killed me last weekend, well actually my son almost flipped me out of the chair. I did get a little hurt. I'm 59 yrs. old and I THANK YOU for sharing. In todays world that's BRAVERY!!!
Oh my gosh Shane, I'm so sorry you went through that, and you too Hannah. When you were explaining about the hands I was like "Oh man, surely that's going to hurt!" and you said it was so painful. 😲😬 How have other wheelchair users gotten their TSA Pre check done? Shame on them. 🙁
Great question! The only things I can come up with is, #1- their body height is taller than Shane's in addition to their wheelchair being able to rise high enough, so they are able to reach the camera frame. #2- If the person is tall enough and able to stand with assistance. 3. If it's a baby or child, the parent probably holds them or holds them up like Hannah had to do. Then I got to thinking, what about those people who don't have wheelchairs that rise and are paraplegic or quadriplegic? What about others who have the same disability as Shane or another disability that causes their hands to close? Do they always just check "no hands" without looking into anothet way people can still provide their fingerprints? Or, what about having a second box to check off that says, "Unable to provide fingerprints due to disability." Why is there only 1 choice? (No hands) I'm hoping those employees bring this to the manager team so they can make some improvements.
I am sorry this has to happen over & over again. I am really thankful you are showing how these changes are needed.
how cute!!! I love the pictures, Hannah!!! Also, coming from someone with a disability as well I literally hate TSA. It is a nightmare every time for me and they take forever to go through my medical supplies and they want to pat me down like I am caring a damn bomb on me or something. I have pins in my legs, wires in my chest and rods in my back so of course the thing you walk through goes off every time with me
I’m so sorry you went through this. However, your retelling of this story made me 😂
What a dreadful experience for you to go through! I must say I admire your strength in the face of such times…..and am always amazed that you can laugh about it with us all 🥰🥰
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04:58 Hannah doing her Wonder Woman spin was fire; Hannah got it going on. Shane is a trip, man lol. Shane's wit and humor is off the chain.
OMG! I've literally just bought a new bra today and I am intrigued to try yours, Hannah! I will go get one now, and I think your ordeal is appalling. How can these organisations get away with this? I really hope they take on board your dilemma... oh my... what a world we are living in! 🥰