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Travel is all about change.

Travel is all about change.

Posted by Alan Day Managing change

Change is a big challenge for those on the spectrum.

Travel is all about change.

Since both statements are true how do you resolve this dilemma?

The answer is that you need manage the change carefully in order to suit the unique needs and abilities of your child.

Successful management of CHANGE will give you the CHANCE to have a fun family vacation.

Like every other complex issue, it is best tackled by splitting it into a series of smaller, more manageable components. We’ll do that over the next few postings.

Here are our next related topics.

· Reasons for accepting change

· Eliminating unnecessary transitions

· Things that can stay the same

· Leveraging strengths

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About 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.

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Both of ADC’s co-founders are career ‘travel people’ and both have special needs children: CEO Alan Day comes from the travel agency side and David Tait from aviation, where he was a co-founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways. In 2015, recognizing first-hand the industry’s lack of understanding of, and failure to cater to the special needs traveler, the two formed ADC and set about changing things.

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