There have been a couple requests for a card that helps identify ourselves and explain our needs. The parameters were to make the card easily identified using universal symbols, easy to understand, and easy to use.
Follow the instructions to print out the card, or if you are coming to the meeting we should have a few printed and waiting.
Thank you so much for supplying the card details. I have printed off a page full, and now look forward to using them. It will be a good way, I hope, of passing the message around to the public. Somehow it seems as if it might give a little more understanding from shops etc.......we shall see! I would be interested to know what reaction others have had when giving someone a card.
I am so happy to have the OT Travel Card. This will make it so much easier than having to explain the situation over and over again. Thank You so much for coming up with this idea.
Sharon
Thanks for the travel card. I carry some in my purse, but also have given them to my physical therapist, dentist, and dermatologist. It's easier than trying to explain!
The first time I used my OT Travel/ID card was in a loooong queue,waiting for photo prints.
The gentleman behind me to whom I showed the card, so he would mind my place while I found a seat, kept the card saying he would keep it for future use for himself!
However I found it very useful when I have gone for x rays and other appointments.
It is a great idea and I carry several laminated ones in my purse at all times. Thank you
I think we all have Jeff to thank for the OT Travel/ID Cards; he had those when we had our first OT Meeting at the Mayo Clinic. I asked Jeff if I could have more than a couple to send to friends with whom I correspond and were unable to attend the meeting; he told me to take all I wanted. I have sent several to friends and they use them all the time ~ as do I. It is so helpful and such an easy way to explain our problem.
Thanks again Jeff!
This is to SHARON: I noticed on the forum you live in Brandon, FL, which is near Tampa. I live in Longwood, which is in the Orlando/Altamonte Springs area. If you haven't had the opportunity to meet or talk to anyone else who has OT; perhaps we could get together. It certainly helps to be able to see and talk to someone else who understands what you are experiencing.
Do you plan to attent the meeting in Atlantic City in October? If so, you will find it very enlightening and enjoyable. Everyone is in the same boat, and lots of information is shared.
found on the TSA website for Travelers with Disabilities and Medical Conditions:
A passenger can request to be screened while seated if he or she cannot walk or stand during screening. If a passenger cannot or chooses not to be screened by imaging technology or a walk-through metal detector, the passenger will be screened using a thorough patdown procedure instead.
Also, if anyone would like a card in another language please post the translation and we'd be glad to make a new version (the text of the card is below). The wording is not perfect but the goal was to make it quick and easy to read.
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Thank you for your assistance
and understanding.
I have a movement disorder called Orthostatic Tremor. I can walk but when standing still my legs quickly become unsteady, I lose my balance and urgently need to sit
