Re: OT: Autism & the TSA

[Guest guest]

Great post. Once my daughter was about 6 years old and the airlines wanted to

randomly search her. She was hysterical. I asked them to search me instead, but

they did her. Fortunately they did not make her take off anything.

PJ

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> Given the concerns many of us have about

> traveling with SCD, this article is of interest.

> What a less than entertaining start to a family vacation!

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http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/01/eight-year-old-with-autism-on-terror-list-det\

ained-at-airport.html?cid=6a00d8357f3f2969e20128771c10bb970

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> or

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> http://tinyurl.com/ycx98s7

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> I would recommend that anyone and everyone who

> has a concern about this contact the TSA at their " Got Feedback " website at

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> https://contact.tsa.dhs.gov/gotfeedback/GotFeedback.aspx

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> and/or the TSA blog at http://www.tsa.gov/blog

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> (The TSA blog says if you have feedback to go to

> " Got Feedback, " but the " Got Feedback " site says

> that if it's not specific to an airport to post

> to the blog. Gotta love the governmental " run in circles. " )

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> I would also suggest that you write your senators

> and representatives and demand some sanity and

> accountability from the TSA. Their knee-jerk

> reaction to the Christmas Day bomber was to

> (among other things) ban going to the bathroom or

> having anything in one's lap for the last hour of

> any flight coming into the US. Imagine trying to

> explain to any child, on the spectrum or not,

> that they can't have their toys or go to the

> bathroom because of a rule which accomplished

> nothing. (Also think of those of us with IBD or

> IBS being denied access to the bathroom on a flight!)

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> http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

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> — Marilyn

> New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

> Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

> Darn Good SCD Cook

> No Human Children

> Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

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