Back in March I posted the following article on WDW Fan Zone: Thinking of Taking a Trip to Walt Disney World with an Autistic Child? Here is Why You Should! Based on some comments, I felt that I needed to add some additional tips to my original article.
Traveling with an autistic child is difficult. Most the time it doesn't seem like vacation because it is hard. Almost everything I do everyday is difficult with Jack-Jack, but perseverance pays off. I am on this adventure with Jack-Jack to help guide and teach him. Staying home and avoiding crowds is not going to help him in the big scheme of things. We travel and expose him to a lot of different environments. We have had meltdowns and complete failures many times, but we continue on. Many…show more content… He didn't love it, but he didn't hate it either. He doesn't like the music and the graveyards. We probably won't do it again, but he did say he wanted to ride it, so we did. Through the years we have learned that Jack-Jack attempts to get over his fears on his own and in his own timing. If we try to rush it, it blows up in our faces. There has been a lot of talk about graveyards since that trip. This was just one more way that Jack-Jack makes a Disney connection and applies it to real life.
3) There are some rides Jack-Jack has never gone on, and there are some things we don't even attempt. This means that Mr. Incredible doesn't always get to go on his favorite rides. Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, and Mt. Everest are rides that Jack-Jack looks at and says, "NO." He has been on Splash Mountain once and will not attempt it again. He hated Test Track one year, and the next year asked to go on it.
4) There are some things we are certain Jack-Jack won't like, but we found out he loves. The water slides at Typhoon Lagoon surprised us; Jack-Jack loved them. The day we spent there was enjoyable, not crowded, and cold, but we have great memories of one more thing Jack-Jack has attempted and
