TRAVELING THIS SUMMER? Salla Treatment and Research Foundsation Summertime brings longer days, warmer weather and hopefully time for your family to enjoy some vacation time together. Traveling with a family member with disabilities can be challenging. The US Department of State website lists detailed travel info by country: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international- travel/before-you-go/travelers-with-special- considerations/traveling-with-disabilties.html ASSISTIVE DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT Research whether the airline/railway follows specific rules for your assistive devices and equipment. These may include wheelchairs, portable machines, batteries, respirators, and oxygen. You could be required either to take such items only as checked baggage, or only as carry-ons. Security screening in the departing and arriving airports may also have specific rules. Always gate check your wheelchair and keep the receipt! Don’t forget to check voltage at your destination - you may need an adaptor or converter! Don‘t forget to bring a full medication In this newsletter: list, and pack extra medication and medical supplies in case of unexpected travel delay! MORE HELPFUL WEBSITES: TSA Notifcation Card: Individuals with Check out the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Disabilities and Medical Conditions program. It’s in 230+ airports, ferries and Traveling by air to or within the US? railways and helps travelers who have Call 72 TSA Cares 72 hours prior to traveling hidden disabilities. to request the assistance of a Passenger https://hdsunflower.com/us/find-the- Support Specialist (PSS) at the checkpoint. If a sunflower PSS is not available, you may ask for a Supervisory TSA Officer at the checkpoint. For more great tips when traveling with a TSA Cares 1-855-787-2227 child with special needs: Automated information is offered in 12 https://www.expressable.com/learning- languages. Notification cards can be printed: center/speech-and-language-issues/tips- https://www.tsa.gov/sites/default/files/disability for-flying-with-a-child-with-special-needs _notification_card_508.pdf www.sallaresearch.org Page 7 of 8