Taking Flight: MSP’s Mock Airplane Calms Anxious Travelers

A new plane cabin simulator has arrived at Concourse C at MSP, to help travelers prepare to fly with confidence.

Passengers with physical issues like wheelchairs, sensory issues such as autism, or those with service dogs can come to the airport on a day they are not scheduled to fly. The mock cabin is the latest initiative in the Navigating MSP program, which offers registration for monthly events to help travelers practice the experience of flying.

The plane is located between two gates in Concourse C but is closed off from stressful gawkers and uninvited members of the general public. As a bonus, the outside of the mock cabin is decorated with artwork from four teens involved with Juxtaposition Arts.

We are happy to see the community making travel more equitable and helping many people expand their horizons!

In the News, Legislation and Community Action

June 8, 2022

Joan Vaughn

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Written by Joan Vaughn

I’m Joan, and I know home care from the inside out. I’ve navigated my daughter through 24/7 home care nursing and managed her PCA’s. I’ve helped my parents move into (and out of) assisted living, Medicare episodes, skilled nurse visits, home health aids, and PCAs. Sandwiched in all of that, I’ve helped coordinate home care equipment and supplies, physical therapists, occupational therapists, county workers, and medications (oh, the medications). I know emergency departments, children’s hospitals, cancer wards, cardiac floors, and specialty units. I can recite health insurance policies (and call their bluff). I know a lot of other things in life too, like Shakespeare, where to sit to see a great sunset over a lake, how to keep myself healthy, how to read a profit/loss statement and state statutes, when to use a comma, and that gratitude is one of the keys to success. So I’m going to have this blog and write about home care from time to time. I’ll include topics like current legislation, professional boundaries in a tricky environment, and being a caregiver. I’ll also post some guest blogs from clients and nurses. Join me in the conversation.

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