TSA notification cards

[disney david]

http://quest.mda.org/sites/default/files/Notification%20Cards%20II.pdf

 

[videogal1]

http://quest.mda.org/sites/default/files/Notification%20Cards%20II.pdf

No thanks, on several levels.

 

[disney david]

if you don't want to use them then you don't have to use them just shared it for people that might want to use them.

 

[Brandis]

What difference does the card make? My friend has a hip implant and he received a similiar card from his doctor.

When he goes through the metal detector, of course the implant triggers it, so he has to do the pat down / wanding. No big deal, by now he is used to it.

In the beginning he showd the card, now he doesn't bother anymore. I didn't notice any difference in the checking procedure, wheter he showed the card or not.

That being said, last time we flew out of Orlando, we got to use the Full Body Scanners (aka Nude scanners) and it made a huge difference, no tap down / wanding this time, got through security much faster.

 

[bookwormde]

For those with privacy concern they would be useful from that perspective

 

[disney david]

For those with privacy concern they would be useful from that perspective

Thank you

 

[SueM in MN]

I just want to add that this card is an optional item.

Some people may feel more comfortable having something in writing or may feel the card would be useful for them. Thee card is available for those people.

Other peoPle may think the card would not be useful, is redundant or for whatever reason they don't want to use it.
Those people can choose not to use it.

 

[disney david]

I just want to add that this card is an optional item.

Some people may feel more comfortable having something in writing or may feel the card would be useful for them. Thee card is available for those people.

Other peoPle may think the card would not be useful, is redundant or for whatever reason they don't want to use it.
Those people can choose not to use it.

Thank you

 

[CPT Tripss]

What difference does the card make? My friend has a hip implant and he received a similiar card from his doctor.

When he goes through the metal detector, of course the implant triggers it, so he has to do the pat down / wanding. No big deal, by now he is used to it.

In the beginning he showd the card, now he doesn't bother anymore. I didn't notice any difference in the checking procedure, wheter he showed the card or not.

That being said, last time we flew out of Orlando, we got to use the Full Body Scanners (aka Nude scanners) and it made a huge difference, no tap down / wanding this time, got through security much faster.

Do you mean that the card shortcut any search or that the NoS did not pick up the hip implant and thus no secondary body search?

 

[Brandis]

As the NoS does not react to metal inside the body, but shows the security officer if weapons are worn on the body, no alarm was set off by the implant, so after he was greenlighted by the scanner, he was done, no secondary, manual check.

 

[Earstou]

One of my disablilities is being hearing impaired, and I will be using the card on my next trip. I hope to avoid what happened one trip due to my hearing problems. I was pulled aside and wanded because I misunderstood (didn't hear) directions and they thought I was refusing to cooperate with their instructions.
I had to ask my dh what was happening because I missed most of the conversation. So I'm hoping the card will help immensely!

 

[scrappylove]

I will use this for my adult son with autism who hasn't flown since he was 8. Talking about what is 'wrong' with him in his presence upsets him and the last thing I want is a pat-down melt-down that may escalate in all the wrong ways. Much easier to be proactive and slip the agent a card.

 

[jdb in AZ]

The card might help someone with an ostomy bag who may not want to show proof of his/her sitution to the TSA. The full-body scanner would see something unusual under the passenger's clothing and has been known to cause hassles with untrained/insensitive TSA agents before. I read about a vigorous pat down that resulted in the bag leaking and the passenger arrived on the plane with wet pants and didn't have time to get cleaned up before the plane took off. Here's hoping that recent TSA training will ensure that no other passengers have to endure that humiliation. Would a signed card from a doctor be more effective than a do-it-yourself card? DH has a laminated card from his surgeon that states DH has artificial knees, but as been stated by a PP, the scanner and/or the wand picks that up, so the cards aren't necessary for every disability.

 

[chaoslobster]

Having a card from a doctor is absolutely no different than a do-it-yourself card. The only reason to use any card is if you'd rather not have to explain out loud what the issue is with hundreds of people right there.

The card will not give you a "pass" through security, nor will it change the security procedure in any way. If you have metal in your body and the scanner beeps, or if your behavior (or your child's) looks "unusual" enough for the TSA agent to feel it's necessary, or even if you're selected just at random for a more thorough check, you will be taken aside and patted down and wanded, with or without a card. It makes no difference at all if the agent is aware that you have metal implant \ autism \ hearing difficulties - anyone could just say that they did, or show a card. You will have to go through the full security procedure regardless. The card won't stop that.

I have a couple of those cards from my surgeon because I've got more metal in my body than the Terminator and I don't even bring one to airport anymore because every time I've tried to show it to TSA they won't even take it from me or look at it. They just shake their heads or tell me it isn't necessary \ doesn't make a difference. They literally don't want to see it, almost as if they've been instructed not to accept any cards from anyone or pay the cards any attention. Which may be true.

Showing a card might be a way to explain to the agent what your needs or difficulties are without having to state it out loud, in case you're a private person or the individual who has special needs is a child or someone with a mental or emotional disability who won't react well to having their situation described out loud as if they were a piece of luggage.

If that's your situation, the card might be helpful, assuming you can get the TSA agent to even look at it - which as I said, mostly they won't even look at it, let alone take it and read it. But it's worth trying.

 

[disney david]

Having a card from a doctor is absolutely no different than a do-it-yourself card. The only reason to use any card is if you'd rather not have to explain out loud what the issue is with hundreds of people right there.

The card will not give you a "pass" through security, nor will it change the security procedure in any way. I have a couple of those cards from my surgeon and I don't even bring one to airport anymore because every time I've tried to show it to TSA they won't even take it or look at it; they just shake their heads or tell me it isn't necessary \ doesn't make a difference. They literally don't want to see it, almost as if they've been instructed not to accept any cards from anyone or pay the cards any attention. Which may be true.

Showing a card might be a way to explain to the agent what your needs are without having to state it out loud, in case you're a private person or the individual who has special needs is a child or someone with a mental or emotional disability who won't react well to having their situation described out loud as if they were a piece of luggage.

If that's your situation, the card might be helpful, assuming you can get the TSA agent to even look at it - which as I said, mostly they won't even look at it, let alone take it and read it. But it's worth trying.

Sorry they didn't take the note they Should of yes these cards are no pass not to get searched just away to explain to the agent in private. Since these are why the raa come up with the agent have to take them even if they don't want to most likely they dont get them that much because Rey don't make them easy to find so the agents might never seen them before. You can bring a dr note the agen proberly think that people are trying to get out of being searched that why they might try not to accept it but these cards have TSA on them and if they read the card they will under stand. If they refuse to take these cards if you decide to use it you don't have to it you don't want to ask to speak to their supervisor and let them know what happened.


You can bring them with you and if you have to gorheougj extra screening then you can give them it to them. If they wave you through then you can keep them. They are optional you dont have to use them if you don't want to.