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2009-12-30 cnn

Take all of the stress of flying this time of year, and imagine you are doing it in a wheel chair for the first time ever. Our Reynolds Wolf looks at a program that's helping passengers travel after they've suffered major injuries.

OK so you want me turned around?

Constance Kay is getting on a plane for the first time since her paralyzing injury.

Are you nervous for the(at the) first trip?

Oh, yes. Absolutely. I never thought I could do it at all. So, oh, yes, beyond a doubt.

She is taking part in a program between Delta Airlines and the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, a rehabilitation hospital for people with spinal cord and brain injuries.

"We want them to be very comfortable when they fly with us. We want our employees to be very comfortable in interacting with passengers with disabilities, and we want to make sure that the passengers with disabilities know it is OK to be an advocate for their own needs. "

You really want to be familiar with the bullet points of the air care exercise before you travel(s).

It all began with the class at the Sheperd center where recently disable patients learned how to navigate in an airport.

For travel specifically, we are looking at what are the accessibility concerns that you are going to have at the airport. What are your rights in terms of when you travel.

Make sure that you check in properly.

It is a daunting process to endure in a wheelchair. Checking in, going through security, getting to the gate, but what scares these guys the most is being transferred from their wheelchairs to a thinner less bulky version that fits down a plane aisle, and then to their seat on the aircraft.

1,2,3, go.