Danielle Ralston shows how to use Disney as a low-judgment space to practice coping skills and social behaviors. She covers neurodivergent play therapy techniques and using fun activities in the park to build strategies for handling overwhelm and trying new things without shame.
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We're going to teach you how to overcome overwhelm when you're already in it. Because again, we don't recognize it before we're too deep to get out of it. Well, and I think too, it's like the perfect place to practice this is at Disney because it is, it is, yes, an overwhelming environment. It's lots of fun. But anything you try at Disney, the failure rate should be low because you're in a place that's super free of judgment and shame. Like if you get excited and have flappy hands at Disney, no one is going to bat an eye. If you're trying to do something Like, okay, if you're there all day and you like to people watch like I do, you will see so many things play out. So many things. Generally, the people that are struggling are not the people that work there, but they have lots of coping things in place for them. It's so that they can help you cope as well. So we've got that, which is so important, and then we're going to do neurodivergent play therapy and fun inside the park.