If you can answer these five questions…
then you have a plan for your special needs vacation.
Author: Alan Day
Alan Day – Co-Founder of Autism Double-Checked is an accomplished travel agent who began his career with Liberty Travel in 1999, then on moving to Connecticut in 2005, he formed his own agency.
Alan’s son has Autism Spectrum Disorder: When considering the impact that his son’s Autism had on their own family vacations, Alan decided to refocus his agency and specialize in providing assistance and support for families impacted by Autism. For this purpose, he founded ASD Vacations to exclusively a serve such families.
In addition to assisting individual families, Alan produced a unique program called ‘Magic for Autism’ that enables groups of families to travel together with support for flights and at the destination.
Alan also wrote a ‘Guide to Flying with Autism Spectrum Disorder’ and the Autism Passport as a means of communication between parents and destination resorts. Alan also writes a regular blog with tips and resources for families traveling with Autism.
It may be a little ambitious, right now, to plan a vacation on Mars.
We do, however, plan smaller projects every day. Even something simple like
In the last post we covered practicing going to the airport and boarding the plane. While that is important there are other things that you can practice
Isn’t that supposed to be “practice makes perfect”? That may be the original expression but practicing for a vacation is a big enough undertaking that it should be
Autism IS NOT a disability. Autism IS a different ability.
Some things are obvious. Others will surprise you. Either way, your child will have their own unique perception
The same or a near equivalent? Equivalence is in the eye of the beholder. Only you know what your child will see
Some transitions are easily avoided. There is one big one that you really should avoid.
Change is a big challenge for those on the spectrum.
Travel is all about change.
