Danielle Ralston describes a professional retreat at Disney World for neurodivergent people and their caregivers, September 30 to October 3. The program combines classroom training with in-park practice to reduce sensory overwhelm, build accommodations, and improve communication around IEPs and 504 plans. Five spots remain.
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So what do we actually do in Disney? And yes, I had to get all Disney-fied— the earrings, the ears. I had to feel a little Disney today. So what do we actually do in Disney for this retreat trip training? It is a professional development trip. It's also for caregivers of those with neurodivergence, or somebody who's just learning about being neurodivergent late in life. And we take you, one, into the park and show you how to apply all of the skills we're going to teach you in training. But these trainings teach you how to get out of sensory overwhelm, how to create better environments for yourself, how to create better communication skills with your children, your spouse, your boss, your therapist, your doctors. We teach you how to take all of the things that we're going to teach you in Disney World, which are 10 total things, Relationships, sensory overwhelm, accommodations, both in your home, in your offices, for your kids at school. As a manager, lots of managers— we had managers came last year who are applying these things even to this day. And then also build a community of other people who understand. We had therapists last year who have now added more therapists to their practice who are more neurodivergent focused. There are so many things that we teach everyone in Disney World to take home, take back to their jobs, all of these things so that they can feel more confident. If you're neurodivergent and need to feel less shame, less shame loops, more productive, build a community to get your brain, this is the thing for you. If you are a mom who is overwhelmed, exhausted, overwhelmed, sensory overwhelmed, Overwhelmed, and you need to learn some skills to accommodate yourself as a mom and deal with your autistic child, your ADHD child, schools, IEPs, 504 plans, all of these things. We could teach you how to do that, and we do teach you how to do that. And then we go ride the rides in Disney while you learn new skills in line. We're doing something a little different this year, and we're gonna ride rides together. We're gonna actually spend time together. This is a full-day training, half of it sitting down and learning and looking at slides and all of those things, the other half physically in the park, in line, applying what we're teaching you. Because Disney is the most neurodivergent supportive environment on Earth without disability access passes, because you don't need one when you learn how to accommodate yourself Appropriately, and that's what we're going to teach you this year. So come join us. We have 5 spots left. There is third-party financing on our website. It is September 30th through October 3rd. I hope you come and join us.
