Passport support through MAV
Carry the useful information forward so you do not have to rebuild it under stress.
MAV can help create, review or use an Access Passport. The Passport is voluntary and person-controlled; it supports communication and access but does not diagnose, certify or overrule the person carrying it.
What MAV can help capture
Only the information that makes the next interaction work better.
Communication
Preferred channels, AAC, processing time, written-first options, language, how to ask questions, what loss of speech looks like.
Sensory
Light, sound, touch, crowding, waiting, temperature, movement, equipment and environmental changes that matter.
Support plan
What helps, what makes things worse, useful people, routines, warning signs and practical accommodations.
Appointments
How to prepare, what needs to be explained before touch/procedures, support person preferences and questions to carry forward.
Emergency view
Only the urgent information the person chooses to make easily visible: communication, key safety considerations, emergency contacts and critical medical details they elect to share.
Share settings
Create a doctor packet, school/work summary, crisis card or limited share without automatically exposing the full profile.
At a MAV stop
Three ways the Passport can be used.
Start a simple profile.
A navigator can help turn a stressful explanation into short reusable statements.
Create a packet for the next place.
Select only the sections relevant to a clinic, school, employer, public office or emergency context.
Learn from what just happened.
After a failed appointment or overload incident, record what helped and what should change next time.
Write it in usable language
A Passport should sound like instructions that help, not a medical chart.
“Please give me the question in writing.”
Short, direct statements are easier for a receptionist, nurse, teacher, caseworker, employer or responder to use than a long diagnostic narrative.
“I may need 30–60 seconds before I answer.”
This tells the other person what to do differently instead of only naming a trait.
“Tell me before you touch me or move equipment near me.”
Specific preparation can reduce startle, shutdown or panic without requiring the person to explain a complete sensory history.
“If I stop speaking, keep talking to me directly and let me type.”
Loss of speech does not automatically mean loss of understanding, consent or decision-making ability.
“Fewer words and a quieter place help me recover.”
The support instruction is more useful than expecting the receiving person to infer what “sensory overload” means for this individual.
“Please write down what happens next.”
A simple closing accommodation can prevent the whole interaction from being lost after the person leaves.
Privacy + control
The Passport should never become a condition of receiving ordinary help.
Voluntary
A person can use all, part or none of a Passport. MAV should still provide whatever navigation or public information is available without requiring a profile.
Minimum sharing
Show only the section needed for the interaction. A school packet does not automatically need medical details; a clinic packet does not automatically need employment history.
Person can correct it
The person should be able to edit, delete or replace statements that no longer fit. Staff notes do not become permanently more authoritative than the user.
Emergency information is chosen
Critical details can be made easier to find, but “emergency view” should not become a reason to expose the entire profile.
No hidden scoring
Passport content should not be converted into a secret risk score, compliance score or eligibility shortcut.
Separate clinical records
If a licensed clinician documents healthcare, that record belongs in the responsible clinical system. The Passport remains an access tool.
Complete support summary
One support summary, shared only with consent.
The Access Passport helps the person avoid retelling their full life story at every agency, school, doctor, caseworker or crisis contact.
What it contains
Screening summaries, functional needs, sensory profile, communication profile, AAC needs, executive-function barriers, safety plan, referral history, accommodations and next appointments can be included when they are useful to the person.
Who controls it
The Passport belongs to the individual or guardian. Sharing is consent-based, revocable and separated from the public resource directory. The person should be able to omit information that is not needed for a particular interaction.
Why it matters
People can carry their real support needs across systems without starting over every time, especially when stress, fatigue, shutdown, AAC use or processing delay makes a fresh explanation difficult.
Printable packet sections
Communication + AACSensory profileWhat helps / what harmsAppointments + referralsSafety + emergency preferencesAccommodation requestsSupport peopleQuestions / notes