Weird Question

I think the stool is a great idea.

As for requesting its use, I would do what I do before I travel. Email sit down restaurant staffs directly about the issue on their contact us page. Since I have multiple allergies, I need to know if I can have food at a particular place, and finding out in the moment giving the restaurant no time to prepare will disappoint me and stress them. But finding out a month prior that I may have the need and seeing if they can accommodate works well (a few places can't, most have been able to do so, but I always contact prior).

It does mean less spontaneity before eating out decisions, but then it's like a Disney trip. You've made decisions on table service eating before you leave and you'd do so again now.

PS - I think with warning, 95% of places would say okay, b/c they'd literally just remove the chair before lunch or dinner start. Although I say this if you are one of the 1st mealtime diners (which I always am - it's easiest for an already clean kitchen to accommodate allergies b/c they don't have to stop, reclean, and go, and they have the most time at the start before the restaurant is full- and safer for me, too) - having the restaurant set for you with a certain spot saved (aka, the easiest one), and then adding back the chair vs having to do it on the fly in a dinner rush is probably what they'd prefer (and you would, too).
 
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Maybe a simple solution
Try turning the chair around so the back of the chair is against the table.
Not sure if it would work but maybe worth a try.
Hope you have a wonderful trip.
 
I am sorry you took that personally with your brief response .

I care about your legal parenting rights and only hope you think things thru…
I apologize for my words that seemed critical.
Please forgive me.
 
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I am sorry you took that personally with your brief response .
But No a collapsible stool in a legal public restaurant is not going to be approved unless you just happen to take it into a fast food restaurant…
Maybe they will be too busy to be aware .
Please try it just Once and let us know

Yes , the medicalal profession does document everything with or without your approval … but if your child innocently makes a remark about something overheard by their teacher or doctor that is a questionable action taken by a parent … Just let you know it happens all the time .
Those professional people can not testify about what happens in your private residence.
And you don’t want to know what happens between loving parents when one decides they want a divorce and wants to guardianship because they have made up that the other is a a bad parent.
Don’t know the outcome or all the details but a child with epilepsy,called one of those hot lines to ask a question and the response from Social workers was immediate !
I care about your legal parenting rights and only hope you think things thru…
I apologize for my words that seemed critical.
Please forgive me.

What are you even going on about?!??
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I think it’s a good idea but my one concern would be if restaurants would allow it due to a potential liability if your DS falls or the stool collapses.
 
I think it’s a good idea but my one concern would be if restaurants would allow it due to a potential liability if your DS falls or the stool collapses.
I agree. A wheelchair is a medical device, a portable stool is not and I can see restaurants refusing to allow it, even fast food ones.
 
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I am sorry you took that personally with your brief response .
But No a collapsible stool in a legal public restaurant is not going to be approved unless you just happen to take it into a fast food restaurant…
Maybe they will be too busy to be aware .
Please try it just Once and let us know

Yes , the medicalal profession does document everything with or without your approval … but if your child innocently makes a remark about something overheard by their teacher or doctor that is a questionable action taken by a parent … Just let you know it happens all the time .
Those professional people can not testify about what happens in your private residence.
And you don’t want to know what happens between loving parents when one decides they want a divorce and wants to guardianship because they have made up that the other is a a bad parent.
Don’t know the outcome or all the details but a child with epilepsy,called one of those hot lines to ask a question and the response from Social workers was immediate !
I care about your legal parenting rights and only hope you think things thru…
I apologize for my words that seemed critical.
Please forgive me.

This is a blatant scare tactic. How you can compare these scenarios is beyond me. This forum is getting ridiculous. You think CPS might get involved because someone brings a portable stool into a restaurant?

I agree. A wheelchair is a medical device, a portable stool is not and I can see restaurants refusing to allow it, even fast food ones.

We are talking about Denny's and McDonalds. I happen to have both next to me even in rural Ohio. Gonna take my own chair in and just test this theory. I can't imagine anyone is going to care. I'll let you know tomorrow.
 














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