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Autism friendly Airlines

The Riddler

I really want to start traveling again. It bugs me that I used to be able to fly (sadly not literally), but after my breakdown, it's one thing that I just can't re-engage with. I have heard/read that airlines offer support to ASD sufferers to assist with getting through the airport. However, I've also read some pretty horrendous stories about flight experiences.

What are other people's experiences of this? Any airlines you can recommend or ones to avoid?

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  • My solution to many noisy and/or unempathic places/situations is noise cancelling headphones ..

    Only the more expensive ones really work (eg Sony, Sennheiser, Bose) but *such* a good investment :-)

    Now I can float through airline lounges, flights, supermarkets in my own blissful world of quiet music .. 

    Of course there are times that I have to disengage my life-support system :-) but airpots tend to be predictable and so I can be prepared for what is coming next ..

    The most stressful part is the security check where sociopathic thugs with inferiority complexes get to act out their 'power' by making stupid decisions to delay passengers

    ..  the most stupid I had to deal with was going through a UK airport; my carry on bag got pulled by the x-ray machine. 

    .. I had to wait half any hour to be seen by a grumpy security operative 

    .. he pulled out my lunch including three hard boiled eggs - claiming that they breached the 100ml limit of liquids allowed in carry-on luggage

    .. I suggested I could simply crack the shells in front of him to show there was no liquid - but NO .. I wasn't allowed to touch my own stuff :-/ 

    Eventually I got through and had to run for my flight :-/ :-/

  • in reply to Up t'North

    In fact it got slightly worse (and more comical in retrospect)

    The security thug I was dealling with turned to a colleague and they discussed ways of how to tell if an egg was boiled on not - it involved spinning it - but neither of them could remember how to do it.

    Finally the thug in front of me hefted the box of three eggs in his hand and uttered the insane words:

    " well they seem quite heavy so they're probably cooked.." 

    .. with the clock ticking until my flight (the info board already said 'Last Call') .. I said nothing and just took my things and sped off ...

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  • in reply to Up t'North

    In fact it got slightly worse (and more comical in retrospect)

    The security thug I was dealling with turned to a colleague and they discussed ways of how to tell if an egg was boiled on not - it involved spinning it - but neither of them could remember how to do it.

    Finally the thug in front of me hefted the box of three eggs in his hand and uttered the insane words:

    " well they seem quite heavy so they're probably cooked.." 

    .. with the clock ticking until my flight (the info board already said 'Last Call') .. I said nothing and just took my things and sped off ...

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