Alexandra Spencer was told her son's wheelchair weighed too much to be safely loaded on to the aeroplane.

Budget airline easyJet has been accused by a woman of having a "ludicrous, discriminatory" wheelchair policy which nearly prevented her disabled son from taking his last holiday abroad.

Alexandra Spencer, 29, booked flights from Manchester Airport to Paphos in Cyprus on 1 July for what is likely to be the final holiday abroad for her 12-year-old son. Declan, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, cannot walk, stand or lift a cup and can only feed himself if his elbows are supported.

He is due to have vital spinal surgery later this year, which will leave him unable to be moved from his wheelchair to an airline seat in order to fly, meaning further air travel will most likely be out of the question.

EasyJet forbids wheelchairs weiging in excess of 60kg to be taken on its planes unless they are broken into pieces each weighing less than...Read more Here: EasyJet's 'discriminatory' wheelchair policy grounds mother and disabled son | Money | guardian.co.uk