A Blogsite for Neurodiverse Families
Neurodiversity & Travel
Travel and adventure can be challenging or overwhelming for neurodiverse families. Shifts in routines, sensory overload, and the newness of it all cause many families shy away from it. But it can also have a mind-opening impact and this site shares personal experiences and expert insights to help your family get the most out of rocketing around.
Neurodiversity refers to a constellation of certain developmental conditions that are normal variations in the brain. Neurodiverse people behave, think, and learn differently from people with neurotypical brains. These differences include strengths. In a word, neurodiverse people are awesome. Neurodiverse people might be autistic, live with ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, auditory processing disorder, PTSD, Tourette’s, epilepsy, and other mental and behavioral health conditions and learning challenges.
Autism, also referred to as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), “refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication.” An estimated 1 in 36 children living in the U.S. are autistic.
This language-based learning condition presents through a cluster of symptoms resulting in an individual experiencing difficulties “with specific language skills, particularly reading. Students with dyslexia usually experience difficulties with other language skills such as spelling, writing, and pronouncing words.
Rocket Around Washington DC and Rocket Around Switzerland are neurodiverse-friendly visual books that introduce readers as young as five-years old to the sites of Washington DC and Switzerland.
These fast-moving stories are designed to meet the needs of neurodiverse and neurotypical children alike, and can be enjoyed anywhere. Each storybook also has an accompanying activity & coloring book
10% of book proceeds from Rocket Around books are donated to neurodiverse causes.
Click here to purchase Rocket Around books.
Rocket Around D.C.
