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wrote, To travel hopefully is a and unfamiliar faces and places airport has introduced to help Results were revealing with safety issues. One student
better thing than to arrive he had can be overwhelming. passengers with autism is an In a survey of 7,000 people cent said theyd avoided the metro/ was obsessed with buses and used
never been on a bus with a child Dan Cadey is autism access optional lanyard to identify a conducted by the NAS last year, underground; and 40 per cent said to run down the street after them.
with autism having a meltdown. development manager with the passenger with an ASD and a people with ASD, their friends and theyd avoided the train. To address these difficulties, a
But its not just bus journeys that National Autistic Society. booklet with lots of photos families, as well as some Its difficult to generalise why London bus visits the college every
can be challenging for someone on Overseeing the organisations explaining the process of boarding professionals, were asked whether people with autism might be week. To start with, it parked
the spectrum. Any kind of Autism Friendly Awards, part of his a plane. There is also a separate they had ever avoided public anxious about public transport. outside with no driver or
excursion whether by bus, train, role is to persuade businesses to security area for vulnerable people transport because of autism and However, Cadey suggests one passengers and the engine turned
tram, plane or car comes with an become more aware of the and their families. peoples reactions to it. The results scenario that could be stressful is off. Students were encouraged to
element of unpredictability. For problems facing people with Manchester Airport has been were revealing: 53 per cent said if someone finds themselves on a climb aboard and explore. In
someone with autism, these autism and to make adjustments offering similar assistance for some theyd avoided the bus; 45 per re-routed bus in an unfamiliar place. subsequent weeks the engine was
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