Umbrella problems

coolcait

Abbafan1972 wrote: »

..., it won't be long before umbrellas themselves will be banned, as they could be used as "weapons". :mad:

Another poster has already picked up on the above point. Umbrellas are already treated with caution...

I wasn't allowed to take a golf-style umbrella as cabin baggage on a plane - and that was six or seven years ago.

It was clearly an umbrella - a beautiful multi-coloured umbrella - bought on a very rainy romantic weekend. But, there was no way it was being allowed into the cabin.

It was precious to me, because of its beauty and because of the memories of sharing my umbrella-ella-ella (ay ay ay) with the one I loved, during a very special time :heartsmil:heart2.

I left it at the airport, because it was too much hassle to have to check it in as hold luggage, and wait to collect it on arrival back home :cool:

OP, I know that that fact that your son has Aspergers means that it's not quite as straightforward as that for you.

There are a lot of good ideas on this thread - I hope that some of them work for you and your son.

Good luck!

lostinrates

coolcait wrote: »

How much for peace of mind?

I think this is key. I think its a brilliant way to carry an umbrella, and am thinking of getting dh a similar thing, but he is nuerotypical and would have no trouble explaining it when questioned, and would not panic if stopped. More to the point i think he would carry a more traditional umbrella this way to save any issue.

If some one close to me were not nt i would seek to be encouraging them to make their lives as easy as possible. While parting with things or making changes might be hard, is it harder than being treated with suspicion by the short sighted and alarmist, or having the police or shop security called on him. Another thing to consider is that it might be that any body language or behaviour associated with his aspergers might look to those who do not understand him/ aspergers to be 'off' and so more unsettling in combination with something that might look threatening on his back than the same brolly warn by a relaxed, confidant, smiley person.

dampsquib

This thread came to mind when I just heard on BBC news that a blindman had been tasered when his white stick was mistaken for a Samurai sword.