Special Assistance available at airports

[Ianfrizell]

Hi all

This is a link to my vlog about Special Assistance available at airports for those of us that need a little help.

youtu.be/_WEBApW7kIg(Not working as expected?)

Cheers,

Ian

[aspergerian]

Informative and well delivered, as usual. Thank you, again. Perhaps someday setting forth differences between TD and PIGD and mixed would be instructive.

[Bailey_Texas]

The help they give at airports is fantastic. We did a tour of Europe and our return flight was canceled.. I was not doing well so i told a someone at the information desk i could not go through the process of standing in lines for hours.. We where in London. They went and got a wheelchair put me in pushed me to the head of a line with 60 or 70 people in it got our tickets took us where we needed to be. When our flight was ready to board we were the first one's on. They met us in Chicago with a wheel chair took us to the front of of every line no waiting. Took us to the to our flight. The same treatment in Dallas.

This help is there for anyone who needs it.

[rodcarman]

Hi Ian.

How did you find the experience of bypassing the security scanners on your recent trIp to Egypt?

[Ianfrizell in reply to rodcarman]

Hi Rod

In the UK it was absolutely no problem at all they had another type of scanner that was safe to use with DBS. In Egypt there was no other route through security apart from through the scanners - they had to unplug one before I'd allow them to take me through. It wasn't really a problem, though.

Ian

[etterus]

I have used these services for years. What convinced me to utilize them was a discussion I had with one of the security officers. He related how difficult it was to manage the inevitable falls that will occur without the services provided. They really prefer those of us with mobility issues to eliminate the risk, hassles and liability plus the time constraints that we create when we slow down the process.

I’m curious how well you handle time zone change.? I find it very difficult to maintain everything from sleep to meals and pills not to mention bowel and bladder behavior if I travel more than 1 zone per day.

[Ianfrizell in reply to etterus]

There was only a 2 hour difference, so it really wasn't a problem - we tended to get up when we would have got up at home, and we went to bed when we were tired! If I had to manage medications then I think it could be a little more complicated, especially if the time difference were more substantial! Bladder and bowel habits are always impacted by the change of food and drink, I find, regardless of any time zone difference.