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Flying for the first time

mash

Hi,

New to this forum, me and my partner were approved as foster carers back in May and recieved our first placement in July. He has Asperges, Autism and ADHD and it has been a steep learning curve for us as we have no previous experience of the condition but feel we are coping well. We are planning to take him on holiday for October half term and we've started talking about the possibility of flying but he's not too keen at the moment... anyone have any tips or experience.

Many Thanks

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  • Thanks Hotel California,

    He's 9 years old and we haven't really had a melt down as yet but this will be a big new step for him. Going to try and take him to our local airport at the weekend so he can get a feel for it (even though its not the one we're going from) have also printed out the Manchester Airport booklet they produce for Autistic children, again not the airport we're flying from but looked a useful thing to have.

    He'll have his own entertainment screen onboard so i'll probably just download some of his favourite cartoons onto my tablet incase the offering onboard isn't enough for him.

    Also going to take his pillow as he takes it everywhere round the house so figured this would be useful too!

    Will let you know how we get on!

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  • Thanks Hotel California,

    He's 9 years old and we haven't really had a melt down as yet but this will be a big new step for him. Going to try and take him to our local airport at the weekend so he can get a feel for it (even though its not the one we're going from) have also printed out the Manchester Airport booklet they produce for Autistic children, again not the airport we're flying from but looked a useful thing to have.

    He'll have his own entertainment screen onboard so i'll probably just download some of his favourite cartoons onto my tablet incase the offering onboard isn't enough for him.

    Also going to take his pillow as he takes it everywhere round the house so figured this would be useful too!

    Will let you know how we get on!

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