I’m really thrilled that Johannesburg has their first Ability Guidebook! This free online support will help autistic people and people with travel anxiety go to the Nelson Mandela House!
Category: Ability Guidebook
A New Support For Autistic People in South Africa! I Am Going To The South African National Gallery!
If I had my wish, every museum in the world would have an Ability Guidebook. I’m pleased to say that the South African National Gallery of Art now has a book!
With Heartfelt Thanks to the NEA Foundation: South Africa Has It’s Very First Ability Guidebook. I Am Going to The Company’s Park!
I am so pleased to announce that I have finished the first Ability Guidebook from my NEA Foundation Global Fellowship. For the past year members of the fellowship worked on curriculum projects under the direction of Harvard’s Dr Fernando Reimers. I’m pleased that just as that book tops the top Kindle curricula download list (check it out at Amazon!) I’ve finished the first Guidebook for South Africa. In July I travelled, along with NEA Foundation employees and over 40 U.S. teachers to South Africa to meet with teachers and students and to have a deep immersion into the recent Apartheid past of the country.
In the coming months I will be sharing fifteen Ability Guidebooks that I will create from this amazing trip. I am grateful to the NEA Foundation to help bring these first supports for people with autism in South Africa. I hope my fifteen books will inspire people in South Africa to create more books and that these are just the seeds being planted to create a country-wide system of supports for people with travel anxiety, for kids on field trips and for autistic people.
South Africa is the 38th country to have an Ability Guidebook. I hope I can find some people to translate into the local languages!
Because I LOVE the National Parks! A Guide To Help Kids With Autism Meet Woodsy Owl!!
There is nothing worse than taking your class to an assembly only to have to leave because one of your kids is having a melt-down. I love the outreach programs the National Park Services provide, including school visits by Woodsy Owl and Smokey the Bear.
If your children are about to meet Woodsy, here is a guide to show them the rules and help them not be scared!
And remember….give a hoot, don’t pollute!
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I Am Going To The Galileo Galilei Planetarium! The First Ability Guidebook for Argentina!
It’s a very busy time but somehow I’ve managed to get the first Guidebook for Argentina done!! Mike has promised to translate it into Spanish but if you can translate, Please volunteer!
Ability Guidebook_ I Am Going To The Galileo Galilei Planetarium-2
Wellington is the first city in New Zealand to have an Ability Guidebook!
People with autism in Wellington now have a free support to help visit the Wellington Botanic Garden!
Ability Guidebook_ I Am Going The Wellington Botanic Garden!
Reykjavik Has Its First Ability Guidebook! I Am Going To Hallgrímskirkja!
Iceland is country #33!! This is a guide to visit the amazing Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavik. Ability Guidebooks are step-by-step guides on how to visit cultural destinations around the world. These free supports for people with autism can help deal with the anxiety that comes from transitions and new things!
I Am Going To Lençóis Maranhenses! Brazil gets its first Ability Guidebook!
The incredible Lençóis Maranhenses National park is the first Ability Guidebook for Brazil! Every person should get to visit these amazing dune lakes!
Ability Guidebook_ I Am Going to Lençóis Maranhenses!
I Am Going To Zongo Falls! Africa gets another Ability Guidebook!
I am happy to announce the first book for the Democratic Republic of Congo! Zongo Falls are one of the most popular tourist destinations in the DRC. I hope this book helps some people with autism head to the falls for a visit!
The First Ability Guidebook in Greek!!! Πηγαίνω στον Παρθενώνα! A free support to help people with αυτισμό!
This was Christmas in November for me! I am so excited to share that an amazing teacher from Greece, Kiriaki Mellow, has translated “I Am Going To The Parthenon!” into Greek!!!! This Ability Guidebook now becomes a tool so support local teachers and families to help people with autism get out into the community more.
I am so grateful to Kiriaki for her help in this. I know these books can help people with autism, and I am proud and happy every time I make a new one, but they are limited if they are only in English. Kiriaki just opened doors that I cannot open by myself.
If you know any teachers in Greece, please share this out. Not only are they awesome for people with autism, but they can alleviate stress for people who have anxiety about going to unknown places. And, believe me, every elementary school teacher who takes a class to the Parthenon can benefit by using this as a field trip guide!
Again, thanks to Kiriaki and to the staff at the Acropolis.
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