One
of my greatest fantasies is to take the kind of family vacation my
friends take with their children - one involving a beautiful, tropical
resort with a kids' club, where the kids have a blast and the parents
have some time alone, and then everyone gets together for a fabulous
meal and maybe some wholesome activities like bingo or square dancing,
and everyone has a great time.
But, given that the oldest of my
five children has autism, and is unlikely to ever be able to handle a
typical kids' club, I've assumed for a while that dream will never come
true.
I should never have underestimated the travel and tourism
industry, however. Not when Americans with disabilities spend $13.6
billion every year on travel.
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