Spectrum House: An Autism-Ready Family Destination
Spectrum House is an autism-friendly family vacation home that includes sensory, space, and safety accommodation features, and is located on New York’s beloved Fire Island.
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What Surfside Beach Did For Us On Our Spring Vacation
John Ordover John Ordover recently wrote about Surfside Beach, South Carolina declaring itself an autism-friendly family vacation destination. In April of this year, John, his wife (TPGA editor) Carol Greenburg, and their 13-year-old autistic son Arren spent a week in Surfside Beach, and had a blast. This is his report on their trip. —- Arren
A Vacation Destination for Autistic People And Their Families: Surfside Beach, SC
John Ordover Surfside Beach, South Carolina, a town just South of Myrtle Beach, has declared itself an “autism friendly travel destination.” For a deeper look into what this means on a practical level, John Ordover spoke with Champion Autism Network‘s Becky Large, the prime mover behind the project. Ms. Large is the parent of an
Separate Vacations
Shannon Des Roches Rosa www.squidalicious.com www.thinkingautismguide.com When we told people we were spending a week on a summer family vacation with our girls — but without our son Leo, who has high-octane autism, responses varied. The best reactions stayed positive without dwelling on the details of our abandonment: “Wow, that sounds like fun, all that
Summer Strategies for Autism Families
Shannon Des Roches Rosa www.thinkingautismguide.com www.squidalicious.com Summer. Now there’s a word that terrifies parents of school-aged kids with autism. We do not necessarily associate the word with “break.” For us, summer means potential implosion of carefully orchestrated school, services, and respite schedules — and the resulting scrambling and scraping to make new arrangements. My son