This is part two of a two part series intended to help autistic adults travelling and sightseeing. Part one deals with Logistics and Risk Management. I also wrote a post on travelling with

Part one of this two part series Autism & Travel, a series about traveling as an Autistic Adult, will focus on what happens before you travel. Preparation, Planning and Safety. Part two will focus on the actual trip, Group Dynamics, Self-Regulation, and Unmasking.

There can be no underestimating the value of travel in shaping our minds and experienc...

I really enjoy travel and I know that I'm not alone in that regard. I know many autistics who love to travel. My next two posts will cover travelling with autism, this one will focus on travelling with autistic children and the next will focus on travelling as an autistic teen or adult. 

While all travel is difficult, in this series I'm particularl...

Masking is one of the most crucial skills that autistic people develop. We learn to mask at an early age simply by copying our peers so that we become less of a target for bullies. In our working lives, we mask to become "one of team", to keep our jobs, to avoid being singled out and to avoid becoming the subject of gossip and speculation. It's no exaggeration to say th...