55 Earn their “Wings” at Wings for All 2023

A woman and a young blind boy exit an airplane while a man takes their photo.

The Arc, VersAbility Resources, Norfolk International Airport, and American Airlines co-hosted 55 participants at Wings for All® on Saturday, March 25.

Two men high-five while seated in an airplane.

The Wings program is a chance for people with autism or intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families to rehearse the airport experience and board an airplane, many for the first time.

A woman wearing a beanie and yellow shirt scans her airplane ticket.
A woman holds a young girl's hand as they walk down a hall toward an airplane.

The Arc founded Wings for All in 2014 with the goal of helping to alleviate the stress of air travel with practice and to educate airport and airline personnel and TSA on ways to improve the experience for passengers of all ages with autism spectrum disorders and I/DD.

A young boy pushes a bucket containing his shoes and other items through an x-ray machine at TSA.
A young girl and a woman walk through a metal detector while a TSA agent waves them through.
A man and a young girl watch airplanes on the tarmac from a window.
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