Asking for your help, please.

Asking for your help, please.

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You will be helping us, somewhat, and the community, greatly, if you’ll share your opinions with us below.

When we meet with travel industry executives, our objective is to give them some insight on what is needed in order to make travel more autism-friendly. Their frequent response is to ask “is there data to back this up”.

By answering the questions in the very brief survey below, you’ll be arming us with that data. We will be able to tell those execs exactly what the community wants in order to make travel easier.

  • NeverRarely (have taken some)Seldom (less than 1 per year)Sometimes (around 1 per year)Frequently (more than 1 per year)
  • 5 Profound impact4321 Zero Impact
    Judgement/lack of understanding by strangers
    Elopement risk
    Can't accommodate special dietary needs
    Child's difficulty dealing with change
    Multiple sensory concerns
    Something else (please comment below)
  • YesMaybeNo
  • Very ImportantImportantNeutralNot important
    Staff trained in autism awareness
    Detailed Information given about sensory hazards
    Procedures available to reduce wait times
    Alarms on all doors
    Something else (please comment below)
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  • Shenera Burks
    · Reply

    That’s a wonderful program you have designed for Autism families so be more comfortable to travel..My God bless you

  • Sue Stehle
    · Reply

    Hi Allen,
    I like getting your news letters. I am always looking for nice places that have support for adults with disabilities. Short wait times, respite services or opportunity to pay for a helper would really motivate us to take a vacation.
    Autism on the Seas (You hooked us up with them) is an awesome way to vacation but we’d like to try a land vacation at some point. Thanks for all you do to help people with disabilities and their families enjoy vacationing.

  • Michelle
    · Reply

    Thank you for your interest and appreciation in helping the Autism community. We, as parents, need others to advocate for our children as well; it demonstrates and provides an example of how people in general should be voices for our special needs community. Again, thank you for your hard work, time, dedication and willingness to help our precious children.

  • Laura
    · Reply

    Thanks for the survey – our family never gets to vacation together at the same time. It’s so stressful dealing with our autistic family member who likes going to hotels, and riding in a car or plane, but won’t do activities for very long – it is just easier to stay home. Either that or go on separate vacations which is ok, but not very ideal.

    • Alan Day
      · Reply

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      Hi Laura
      You state that your family member won’t do activities for long. Think about what causes this. If it is lack of interest or rapid loss of interest, you may be able to do something about this by exploring other activities until you find something that will hold their interest. On the other hand, if it is rapid onset of fatigue, your options may be more limited. Even then, you might look to see what impact time of day has. Is it worth trying some activities very early in the day or much later?

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