Taking a holiday with your autistic kids can be challenging, especially when people around you don’t quite know what to expect. Tours organized for families with autistics can help ease the strain, since you’ll be with like-minded families, and staff with experience relating to autistics. Autism on the Seas organizes cruises and land resort stays for families with children who have special needs, including autism. More information may be found on their website and Twitter feed, as well as videos on their YouTube channel. The video below is from a cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas in October 2012.

The Leading Developmental Disability Service Supplier to the Cruise Industry since 2007, dedicated to assisting the cruise industry in providing cruise vacations for individuals and family’s living with Special Needs, including, but not limited to, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and all Cognitive, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

In collaboration with Royal Caribbean International, we have been providing “Cruises with our Staff” for amazing vacationing experiences. We also provide “Land Resort Stays with our Staff”. And for those individuals and families who wish to vacation on their own, we provide “Individual Cruise Assistance Services” on Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Carnival, NCL, Princess and Disney Cruise Lines.  [From the Aots website]