Holiday for a family with a disabled child :) any ideas and advice

Rasberry_Diva

Dear all

Me and my family(4) would love to go on a family holiday this year We cant fly (due to all the stuff we would need for my daughter) so are looking for any nice places in europe we could drive to and have a lovely sunny holiday for the 1st time in my daughters life (shes 8 and has special needs

Does anyone have any advice or ideas of family friendly places or any sites i could check out. we are looking for in the summer. Your advice will be greatly appreciated thankyou all in advance

richardw

Do you want to go to the coast or just countryside?

shop-to-drop

Have you ever been to center parcs either in UK or Europe?

tori.k

what about Disneyland Paris
http://visit.disneylandparis.co.uk/disabled-visitors/index.xhtml
they seem on paper very good with there disabled guest's with the added bonus of discount tickets and free helper tickets to the park

Have a fab trip wherever you roam to

brodev

Perhaps a trip to Brittany in France would suit. There are ferry companies who offer packages.

dazzer68

How about a cruise from southampton. We just done one round the canaries. There were a few severly disabled children with there families. I would imagine much easier than flying as theres no hassle at an airport. Just park the car , clear customes etc and your on the ship. The families looked liked they were having a great time, and the staff were fantastic with helping them. Its all slopes and elavators, wide roomy isles, they even had disability hoists to get people in and out of hot tubs and swimming pools.
The ship was indepedence of the seas with royal caribbean.the theatres etc have adequate front row wheelchair spaces.

Rasberry_Diva

Thankyou all for the ideas the cruise sounds nice think im going to do a bit more research on that

slipstream222

There are some specialist forums on Disney Bopards about travelling with differently able kids and adults - The US are particularly good at helping, but don't dismiss Disney in Paris - you should be able to smooth out any bumps in the road.

google "taking a disabled child to disney"

I am sure they have seen it all before - and with preparation - flying may be possible as well - although insurance could be tricky.

dangers

What about a static caravan/mobile home using a company such as Keycamp/Eurocamp etc. You can take your own car and you have plenty of space.

Sunflower1227

https://www.tourismforall.org.uk/

Have a look at this site, has lots of information, HTHs

Sunflower1227

http://www.vitalise.org.uk/

Or this site