Guest guest Posted July 23, 2001 Report Share Posted July 23, 2001 All right all you wise people..am putting out a call for suggestions. I know some of you have taken your children on vacation ...right? a few? one????? Anyway Ric and I are planning a 11 day vacation from home to a neighbouring province. We live mid-August and it is 10 hours away, we will be driving all night so kids sleep in car!!!!Anyway, we are staying for 7 days with close friends of ours, in their home. They both know Nic and know a lot of what we do with him so have no problems with me taping pecs symbols up while we there. We have also planned that the activities we do do are on alternate days so that it is not to much for NIc.(Remember the days when we tossed a bag in the car and took off?????) The second part of the trip: 4 days at Grandma's house. She does not understand Nic, pecs or our catering to him at all(why only 4 days..3 if we can contrive a reason to leave early..hotsprings on way home....hmmmmmm). So the question is this..do any of you vacation goeers have any hints or ideas to help this go a bit easier. We have gone away on weekends before but not for 10 days and never this far away from home. We could always pack up and drive a few hours home. Thanks a lot for your suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 , are you Canadian? I'm in Ontario. Andy :0) > >Reply-To: autism-aspergers >Subject: Vacation QUestion >Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:52:42 -0700 > >All right all you wise people..am putting out a call for suggestions. I >know some of you have taken your children on vacation ...right? a few? >one????? >Anyway Ric and I are planning a 11 day vacation from home to a >neighbouring province. We live mid-August and it is 10 hours away, we >will be driving all night so kids sleep in car!!!!Anyway, we are staying >for 7 days with close friends of ours, in their home. They both know Nic >and know a lot of what we do with him so have no problems with me taping >pecs symbols up while we there. We have also planned that the activities >we do do are on alternate days so that it is not to much for >NIc.(Remember the days when we tossed a bag in the car and took >off?????) >The second part of the trip: 4 days at Grandma's house. She does not >understand Nic, pecs or our catering to him at all(why only 4 days..3 if >we can contrive a reason to leave early..hotsprings on way >home....hmmmmmm). > >So the question is this..do any of you vacation goeers have any hints or >ideas to help this go a bit easier. We have gone away on weekends before >but not for 10 days and never this far away from home. We could always >pack up and drive a few hours home. Thanks a lot for your suggestions. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 My best suggestion would be to try to maintain your child's schedule as much as possible, even if you are in a different location. Maybe keep mealtimes the same, or bedtime routine the same. Our kids are creatures of patterns,and change is hard for them to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 Yep! Waving Canadian flag!!!! AM from BC here...though was born and raised in Ontario. andreadoucette@... wrote: , are you Canadian? I'm in Ontario. Andy :0) > >Reply-To: autism-aspergers >Subject: Vacation QUestion >Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:52:42 -0700 > >All right all you wise people..am putting out a call for suggestions. I >know some of you have taken your children on vacation ...right? a few? >one????? >Anyway Ric and I are planning a 11 day vacation from home to a >neighbouring province. We live mid-August and it is 10 hours away, we >will be driving all night so kids sleep in car!!!!Anyway, we are staying >for 7 days with close friends of ours, in their home. They both know Nic >and know a lot of what we do with him so have no problems with me taping >pecs symbols up while we there. We have also planned that the activities >we do do are on alternate days so that it is not to much for >NIc.(Remember the days when we tossed a bag in the car and took >off?????) >The second part of the trip: 4 days at Grandma's house. She does not >understand Nic, pecs or our catering to him at all(why only 4 days..3 if >we can contrive a reason to leave early..hotsprings on way >home....hmmmmmm). > >So the question is this..do any of you vacation goeers have any hints or >ideas to help this go a bit easier. We have gone away on weekends before >but not for 10 days and never this far away from home. We could always >pack up and drive a few hours home. Thanks a lot for your suggestions. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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