Flying with child with cp

I took my 22 month old (at the time) to Majorca this August. We flew with Thomas Cook. She has severe cp along with epilepsy, reflux, vision impairment and unsafe sallow. If I'm honest I was petrified of taking her but she absolutely amazed me with how brilliant she was. I got a letter from her nurses stating her medicines so we could take them in our hand luggage. Gave them to her just before we boarded and she slept the majority of the way. Had a little bit of moaning when landing. I think because of her ears popping. The staff were brilliant also. We told them as we boarded she was epileptic and had her rescue medicine with us. The captain specifically took her wheelchair buggy down to the hold and got it back out for us when landed. In regards to the holiday itself I highly recommend 'the exagon' hotel in Majorca. The staff was AMAZING cooked and pureed her own breakfast lunch and dinner. Also had a indoor pool that had a disabled seat to get in and out of (although she was too small). All in all was a fantastic experience and she loved it. She did many firsts while there ie. Kicking in the pool, dancing to music. Will be taking her the same place for 2 weeks instead next year. Hope this helps xx

my Daughter has Cp along with epilepsy. We go away every year and absolutely love it! you get special assistance at the airport which means you get on the plane before everyone else and they take really good care of you, same when you reach your destination. Go for it, book it and don't look back. Enjoy x

Hi, we been to Jamaica when she was one years old...this was really lovely. We go Tenerife for Xmas every year except this year we went lanzorote for Xmas and New Years. Cyprus, Spain. holiday village, holidays are good and fun.
Have you any ideas as to where you would like to go? Xx

Hi, have you heard about Tryb4UFly? It provides disabled adults and children the opportunity to try seating and transfer options in a realistic fuselage setting before they fly.

With a trained Occupational Therapist you select and try equipment that is right for you to reduce your concerns preflight, and help you decide if flying is a viable means of transport for you.

There's a centre at QEF Mobility Services in Carshalton, Surrey and The William Merritt Disabled Living Centre in Leeds.

http://tryb4ufly.co.uk/

You can also rent any equipment so you wont even have to buy it. Hope this might help!

I took my son to Tenerife last year. He is 16 and wheelchair bound. Everyone was excellent and couldn't have been more helpful. We had a drs letter to allow us to take his feeds on the plane (he is PEG fed) and we took 500mls on. Security were great and just patted him down. They took a feed away for testing and brought it back within 5 mins. We got 2 choose your own seats free and an extra 10 kg of medical luggage allowance free( Thomas Cook). We also booked a 4 point harness for the seat on the plane as he cannot sit upright. First on the plane last off. Booked a wheelchair accessible taxi to and from the airport (through Thomas Cook special assistance). Everyone in Tenerife were fantastic and couldn't have done more to our holiday a success. I really wish we hadn't waited so long to take him abroad as he was so relaxed and he seemed to love every minute. Xx

I looked at where I wanted to go then looked at street map to have a look around. For hotels I looked at enable holidays. They have a good selection of hotels that are accessible and the one we stayed at was on their website. Our travel agent was really good as well and rang the hotel to find out door widths etc. x

Tenerife is fab. We went to Las Americas and it is pretty much flat, lots of shops, pubs and restaurants. We were able to push our wheelchair bound 16yr old around for 10 days. We even managed to take him swimming, which was amazing as he has no control of his body and is heavy to lift. Xx