Why a Dress Rehearsal for a Child with Autism Makes All the Difference Before Flying

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Read the summary, below or see the entire “Wings for Autism Dress Rehearsal” presented here.

Wings for Autism Dress Rehearsal Presentation in a Nutshell

• The best way for people with autism to adapt to new and changing environments such as air travel is to give them a preview of what they will experience. Wings for Autism makes airplane travel safer and more comfortable for children on the spectrum by providing airport/air travel rehearsal programs at airports in North America.

Key Learnings

• Rehearsals started in 2014. Since then…
  • 165+ events
  • 23000 individual rehearsed
  • 67 airports
  • 16 airlines

• The Arc also holds disability training for aviation and TSA personnel.
• Starts with classroom training and moves to real-life scenario training at a Wings event.
  
  For destinations interested in hosting their own Wings for Autism event, contact Kerry Mauger at mauger@thearc.org

In case you missed it: Last month featured TravelAbility presenting was an overview of Baby Boomer Travel Trends from AARP’s director of consumer insights, Patty David.