special needs travel

Looking for a suitable vacation spot for your family that includes members with special needs can be a challenging task. This week, we will be discussing the best accessible travel destinations with a special guest, Jordana Izzo. Join us to learn more about the ideal vacation spots that cater to individuals with special needs.

Today's wonderful guest is Dawn M. Barclay, who is a veteran of the travel industry having served previously in the travel advisor role, and currently as a contributing editor for Insider Travel Report.  Her newest book, "Traveling Different: Vacation Strategies for Parents of the Anxious, the Inflexible, and the Neurodiverse", not only helps parents to navigate travel, but also serves as a resource chockful of strategies travel entrepreneurs can utilize at the helm of their travel businesses.

In this episode, we focus on:

• Why travel entrepreneurs should specialize in assisting families with special needs
• The challenges these families face when traveling and resources that can assist
• What travel entrepreneurs need to be mindful of when planning trips and experiences for families with special needs
• and so much more!

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In this episode of Mother's Guide Through Autism, I talk to Dawn Barclay, an award-winning author who has spent a 30+ year career working in the travel industry, about traveling strategies for kids on the spectrum.

Dawn wrote her upcoming book Traveling Different: Vacation Strategies for Parents of the Anxious, the Inflexible, and the Neurodiverse because she understood how difficult it was for parents to travel with kids, especially kids with special needs, and there was no guidebook to help them with it.

She says that in one study done by IBCCES, where 1,000 special needs parents were interviewed, they found that 87% of them didn't travel and of those, 93% would’ve if they knew where to go and what to do.

Dawn believes that children deserve to be global citizens and they deserve to see a world outside of their own, and she wants to open up the world for people by giving them the tips and strategies offered in her book.

She shares the number one reason parents with special needs kids don't travel and what they can do to make their trips possible and successful.

Enjoy this episode!

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