My son, Dustin, will wander away from situations that are overstimulating.  We brought a light weight travel wheelchair with us.  This way, he could sit down when situations were too stimulating, when we had to wait in lines and when he just got tired.  When he wasn’t in the chair, we used it to carry coats and other things or just let him push it or put one of the other kids in it.

In our book, Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities, we devote an entire chapter to ideas to help children with sensory processing disorders, like many children on the autism spectrum, enjoy Disneyland to the fullest.  We have some links to online businesses that carry a variety of items to make sure your “wanderer” doesn’t get far.

Link  http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/insider/article/20110816?cmp=dcom_EMC_ins_disney_insider_110816_MA-ReadMore__Extl

We hope you enjoy this.

Sincerely,

Sue and Edna, co authors of Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities

So I know this friend, I’ll call her X… She was using the following password:
“MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDew​eyDonaldGoofySacramento”
When asked why she had such a long password, she rolled her eyes and said:
“Helloooo, DUH…..It has to have at least 8 characters and include at least one capital.”

Brought to you for your amusement by Sue Buchholz and Edna Wooldridge, Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities.

In the video, see Sue’s daughter, Teresa, painting in double time and Sue’s son, Carl painting the old car.

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“I got the sofa bed since Lauren and Edna slept on it last year. I’ve slept on a few sofa beds in the past, and none of them was as mattressed as this one.  I thought surely there must be some other part of it in the room somewhere.  I could feel each bar under the mattress and the only position that even resembled comfort was to sleep diagonally.

To top it off the sofa bed came equipped with a sheet and a wool blanket with poop on it. (or some other substance resembling poop.  I work in a vet clinic and I see blankets with poop on them every day and I know what it looks like.)  It was no problem for me to put that end of the blanket at my feet and forget about it, but I couldn’t believe there were no more blankets.  I suppose in sunny California most don’t need many blankets, but most people don’t room with Edna and Lauren who both have the body temperature of a snowman, and who need it to be cold in the room.  Their bed was by the air conditioner, thank goodness, but it got plenty cold at my end of the room and by day two I had a sore throat starting.  I blamed it on the smog, but now I am wondering.

Another story from Edna, this one by her sister, Sandra who shares some insights into rooming with Lauren and Edna who really do have the temperature of snowmen.  Edna is a co-author of Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities.

Here is a picture to tape onto the mirror or door if you or a family member have severe sensitivity to aerosol sprays. You may want to take extras and laminate at least one. Many children who experience autism or have sensory processing disorders also have sensitivity to odors associated with chemical sprays.

We include this so that you do not have to tear a page from your copy of Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities – Guidebook and Planner for families and folks with disabilities traveling to Disneyland Resort Park and Disney California Adventure Park by Sue Buchholz and Edna Wooldridge.

The authors of Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities  share this YouTube video that is actually an interactive map.  Mouse over an area of the map and you can click on the area and get to attraction videos for each area of the park.  It is from the vast collection of videos from HV10N90