Looking to Hire: Flying or Want to Fly JAX to PHL over Thanksgiving?
Hi UF students my husband (UF grad) and I are college professors living near Philadelphia PA. We have an adult son in Jacksonville who doesn't fly by himself due to his autism. Rather than us flying down and back twice to escort him, we are looking for someone who may be travelling to PHL or want to travel to PHL over Thanksgiving and be his guide along the way. Joe(our son) is a 6'3" 25 year old young man who is pretty verbal but sometimes struggles articulating some words and has to repeat himself. At an airport, you will see him hugging a stuffed animal and probably his phone charger :-) He could likely fly alone (it can be a direct flight from Jax to Philly) but he sometimes gets nervous. He also has a tendency to wrap his long arms around whoever is sitting next to him when he falls asleep...
We haven't booked his flight so if anyone is headed this way, we would book the same flight as you and pay you to be his Autism Escort. If you haven’t booked a ticket but wanted to come to PHL for Thanksgiving, we would buy your ticket. Joe is easy going and just needs a little help getting where he needs to go on time and getting settled in his seat and then we will meet him at the airport. Interested in talking more? Respond here and I will send you my # in a chat Thanks everyone!
Posted Oct 28, 2025, 4:55 PM UTC