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Sunflower lanyard

Stewart

I'm flying for the first time since my diagnosis and found this on the airport website https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/help/assisted-travel/non-visible-disabilities/ I'd never heard of sunflower lanyard before. I'll be on my own so it seems like a good idea for me to get one to deal with the buzz and business of the airport especially being able to use the fast lane at security. I thought the assistance point was for people with physical disabilities before reading that. However I'm a bit wary of asking for the lanyard, what am I supposed to say without feeling guilty/self-conscious? I wondered if anyone else had used the lanyard and what their experience was?

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  • Well I went to the special assistance desk st T2 and said 'I've been advised to ask for a sunflower lanyard' . I was given one and given directions for the assistance lane . There were 2 ppl staffing the gates and instead of letting me through one of them I was directed to the  'normal' gates to show my boarding pass. I got the impression the lanyard hadn't been recognised but the queue for security was short. After I'd put my backpack and lanyard in the tray and gone through the scanner I got confused about which lane my bag would be on and couldn't see it anywhere and if I'd had the lanyard on I probably would have had the confidence to ask someone for help. Then I realised it'd been separated for a manual check. The person foing the check was quite curt and I don't know if they'd seen or recognised the lanyard in the tray but maybe that's just how they are. So at least I've got a lanyard now and next month I'm flying from T3 the Ryanair terminal so I'll see if there's any difference.

  • in reply to Stewart

    However I've just been wandering around and I discovered the 'Assistance Lounge'. Would have been good to know but no-one mentioned it. At least I'll know in future

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