Airport Social Story

[SueM in MN]

I found this on a news story about a new service at a Melbourne, Australia airport. They are beginning a new service where guests with hidden disabilities can get a distinctive lanyard to help staff see they may need extra assistance. In the news story, they mentioned a Social Story for travel.
The pictures and some of the text may only be appropriate for the Melbourne airport, but there is a lot of good general information about airports and preparing for sights and sounds in the airport.

Link to story about hidden disabilities: https://www.melbourneairport.com.au/Passengers/Passenger-information/Hidden-Disability-Program

Link to Social Story: https://www.melbourneairport.com.au...alBooklets_DEPARTURES_V19.pdf.aspx?lang=en-AU

 

[gap2368]

I think London has something similar to this ( I think this is the right airport) , Nice to see other airpots are doing things to help all guest out

 

[SueM in MN]

I think London has something similar to this ( I think this is the right airport) , Nice to see other airpots are doing things to help all guest out

Yes.
A story about London was where I saw it first, but I forgot to copy the link at the time. Then the Melbourne story came up.

 

[Allison Joy]

Unfortunately, this is through one organization, and only on one specific day, but there are events in the US for individuals who have autism and other intellectual/developmental disabilities can walk through what it's like to go through the airport. I wish this were something someone could just schedule for themselves, but this is a step in the right direction, at least. https://thearc.org/our-initiatives/travel/

While looking for the information for this program, I found another social story that also talks abut the plane itself. It doesn't go into as much detail about the airport as the first one did. https://www.autismspeaks.org/sites/default/files/2018-09/A Guide to the Airport Experience.pdf