Re: Flying with 6 year old ASD daughter

[Guest guest]

Ask you dr. about melatonin it wont induce sleep but it will help them

relax to fall asleep

most seem to do okay on the plane but if she is prone to tantrums in public

make sure you have medical documentation of her autism and why she is

having a tantrum

the pat down may be hard on her, security lines are long and sometimes

that's thehardest on the kids

you can have sealed water and juice and an open juicebox in security line

with a dr note

she will have to remove shoes/coats to go through the line so I just bought

cheap socks and let her wear those and I threw them away as soon as we

were through the line, I didn't want her feet on the nasty floors and I didn't

want to fight with shoes.

Her coat was in the carryon

our biggest issue was explaining the nebulizer to security and than they

were worried about the liquid vials of medication LOL

[Guest guest]

Did you ever tryed melatonin with her?

Flying with 6 year old ASD daughter

 

Hello everyone,

I am going to be flying to Orlando out of Pennsylvania with my autistic

daughter. We are heading to Orlando for my son's Make A Wish trip.

Has anyone flown with their children? Mia doesn't like elevators but she loves

coasters so she may be fine or she may be frantic the whole time. And Benadryl

doesn't make her sleepy so I can't use that as a backup. A local mom said she

gets a sedative from her doctor. Has anyone done that? If so what did the doctor

prescribe? I would only use it as a last resort but Mia has a lot of sensory

issues. I will have the bag of tricks (vibrating pillow, sound blocking ear

muffs, books, toys, etc) but in case all of this doesn't work - well does anyone

have suggestions or experience doing this?

Thanks,

Annette

[Guest guest]

Security can be difficult. Try YOUTUBE and see if there is video of the

process you can show her.

Airplane rules can seem illogical to people with autism.

Like why is it okay to have the tray table down sometimes and not others?

Why can I watch my portable dvd sometimes and then I have to turn it off.

We made a picture story book of as much as we could think of and then we

explained it to my daughter several times before our trip.

Good luck

In a message dated 2/20/2011 10:57:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

andreaelderkin@... writes:

Did you ever tryed melatonin with her?

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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 7:17:16 AM

Subject: Flying with 6 year old ASD daughter

Hello everyone,

I am going to be flying to Orlando out of Pennsylvania with my autistic

daughter. We are heading to Orlando for my son's Make A Wish trip.

Has anyone flown with their children? Mia doesn't like elevators but she

loves coasters so she may be fine or she may be frantic the whole time. And

Benadryl doesn't make her sleepy so I can't use that as a backup. A local

mom said she gets a sedative from her doctor. Has anyone done that? If so

what did the doctor prescribe? I would only use it as a last resort but Mia

has a lot of sensory issues. I will have the bag of tricks (vibrating

pillow, sound blocking ear muffs, books, toys, etc) but in case all of this

doesn't work - well does anyone have suggestions or experience doing this?

Thanks,

Annette

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[Guest guest]

Good ideas all. The book especially. She likes visual prompts so maybe even a

visual checklist.

Mia takes melatonin for sleep so maybe that plus the benadryl?

I will have a friend with me (our old babysitter - it was 's idea) so I am

hoping we can get through it.

I will also take lollipops and gum for her.

I am just hoping she is in a good mood and not a bad mood but the preparation

should be a help. I have also been told that a volunteer from Make A Wish will

be there to help us out at the airport and another will be there when we arrive

in Orlando.

I so want this trip to be special for .

Annette

>

> Security can be difficult. Try YOUTUBE and see if there is video of the

> process you can show her.

>

> Airplane rules can seem illogical to people with autism.

>

> Like why is it okay to have the tray table down sometimes and not others?

>

> Why can I watch my portable dvd sometimes and then I have to turn it off.

>

> We made a picture story book of as much as we could think of and then we

> explained it to my daughter several times before our trip.

>

> Good luck

>

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> In a message dated 2/20/2011 10:57:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> andreaelderkin@... writes:

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> Did you ever tryed melatonin with her?

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> ----- Original Message -----

> From: " amm113 " <_annettemusta@..._ (mailto:annettemusta@...) >

> To: " Autism in Girls and Women "

> <_Autism_in_Girls_and_Women _

(mailto:Autism_in_Girls_and_Women ) >

> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 7:17:16 AM

> Subject: Flying with 6 year old ASD daughter

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> Hello everyone,

>

> I am going to be flying to Orlando out of Pennsylvania with my autistic

> daughter. We are heading to Orlando for my son's Make A Wish trip.

>

> Has anyone flown with their children? Mia doesn't like elevators but she

> loves coasters so she may be fine or she may be frantic the whole time. And

> Benadryl doesn't make her sleepy so I can't use that as a backup. A local

> mom said she gets a sedative from her doctor. Has anyone done that? If so

> what did the doctor prescribe? I would only use it as a last resort but Mia

> has a lot of sensory issues. I will have the bag of tricks (vibrating

> pillow, sound blocking ear muffs, books, toys, etc) but in case all of this

> doesn't work - well does anyone have suggestions or experience doing this?

>

> Thanks,

> Annette

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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[Guest guest]

We always did surprise toys, not just their regular toys- new, usually cheap.

We'd space them out over the flight, so as we flew cross country, they would get

a little one once per hour (ours girls were pretty young then, say 6 and 3).

Best wishes,

Rose

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To: Autism_in_Girls_and_Women

Sent: Sun, February 20, 2011 1:46:50 PM

Subject: Re: Flying with 6 year old ASD daughter

 

Good ideas all. The book especially. She likes visual prompts so maybe even a

visual checklist.

Mia takes melatonin for sleep so maybe that plus the benadryl?

I will have a friend with me (our old babysitter - it was 's idea) so I am

hoping we can get through it.

I will also take lollipops and gum for her.

I am just hoping she is in a good mood and not a bad mood but the preparation

should be a help. I have also been told that a volunteer from Make A Wish will

be there to help us out at the airport and another will be there when we arrive

in Orlando.

I so want this trip to be special for .

Annette

>

> Security can be difficult. Try YOUTUBE and see if there is video of the

> process you can show her.

>

> Airplane rules can seem illogical to people with autism.

>

> Like why is it okay to have the tray table down sometimes and not others?

>

> Why can I watch my portable dvd sometimes and then I have to turn it off.

>

> We made a picture story book of as much as we could think of and then we

> explained it to my daughter several times before our trip.

>

> Good luck

>

>

>

>

>

> In a message dated 2/20/2011 10:57:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> andreaelderkin@... writes:

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Did you ever tryed melatonin with her?

>

>

>

> Flying with 6 year old ASD daughter

>

>

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> I am going to be flying to Orlando out of Pennsylvania with my autistic

> daughter. We are heading to Orlando for my son's Make A Wish trip.

>

> Has anyone flown with their children? Mia doesn't like elevators but she

> loves coasters so she may be fine or she may be frantic the whole time. And

> Benadryl doesn't make her sleepy so I can't use that as a backup. A local

> mom said she gets a sedative from her doctor. Has anyone done that? If so

> what did the doctor prescribe? I would only use it as a last resort but Mia

> has a lot of sensory issues. I will have the bag of tricks (vibrating

> pillow, sound blocking ear muffs, books, toys, etc) but in case all of this

> doesn't work - well does anyone have suggestions or experience doing this?

>

> Thanks,

> Annette

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Annette,

My daughter is now 9yrs old. We live in Nj and have a vacation house in FL. We

have been flying for years, yet it isn't always easy. My daughter actually

likes the hum of the airplane and will usually initially fall asleep when it

takes off. When she awakens, we have some small new toys, a new color of

play-doh, a small new stuffed animal. In recent years we bring a portable dvd

player and a few new movies. It isn't always easy but we try to do something

different each time and for the majority seems to work. Hope this helps.

Debbie

>

> Hello everyone,

>

> I am going to be flying to Orlando out of Pennsylvania with my autistic

daughter. We are heading to Orlando for my son's Make A Wish trip.

>

> Has anyone flown with their children? Mia doesn't like elevators but she loves

coasters so she may be fine or she may be frantic the whole time. And Benadryl

doesn't make her sleepy so I can't use that as a backup. A local mom said she

gets a sedative from her doctor. Has anyone done that? If so what did the doctor

prescribe? I would only use it as a last resort but Mia has a lot of sensory

issues. I will have the bag of tricks (vibrating pillow, sound blocking ear

muffs, books, toys, etc) but in case all of this doesn't work - well does anyone

have suggestions or experience doing this?

>

> Thanks,

> Annette

>