Varsha AnjaliMultimedia Journalist - Lifestyle & Viva·NZ Herald·25 Aug, 2026 06:01 AM9 mins to readMoana Osbourne has three sons on the autism spectrum and says travel can be challenging but has put some strategies in place to make things easier.In what many people would consider a regular journey through Wellington Airport, Martin Semmler found himself sobbing in a corner.A flash of light during the biometrics screening “hit [his] brain wrong”, leaving him feeling overwhelmed and humiliated.
“It just destroyed me,” says Semmler, 44, who has autism and
