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London Travel

Mumof2ASDGirls

Hello everyone

I'm hoping someone here might have experience/knowledge of this and be able to help me.

I am wondering if there are any services you can book that will take autistic families to the theatre in London (not Uber.. lol). I ask because I have 2 autistic girls, who love the theatre, but the act of getting there and back is so stressful that the night is tainted and turns into a memorable occasion for all the wrong reasons (panic attacks and emotional outbursts/meltdowns). Taxi's are not a viable option financially, but the train and walking through the crowded streets, with rickshaws blaring out loud music, crowds outside pubs and smells of cigarettes etc are just all too much.

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  • It’s tricky.

    London zone1 is trigger land. Of biggest concern is your comments about the nightlife, I’d suggest that going to the theatre means you will not be able to avoid all these issues

    id suggest a compromise. Maybe help you manage a response.

    you could leave earlier on the tube, go to British museum or something first? Why not take a bus at least it’s a fixed variable and you have a degree of space? In either case you’ll miss the rickshaws at least to some extent.

    You could deliberately overshoot your stop, instead of getting off in Leicester Square/Covent garden why not try holborn, Charing Cross, even the embankment and walk in. At least there will be a little acclimatisation period.

    unfortunately, if your theatre is on Shaftesbury ave, or adjacent, you will have crowds and lights and sound. I really struggle with v large crowds so I can’t really advise further. but there you go

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  • It’s tricky.

    London zone1 is trigger land. Of biggest concern is your comments about the nightlife, I’d suggest that going to the theatre means you will not be able to avoid all these issues

    id suggest a compromise. Maybe help you manage a response.

    you could leave earlier on the tube, go to British museum or something first? Why not take a bus at least it’s a fixed variable and you have a degree of space? In either case you’ll miss the rickshaws at least to some extent.

    You could deliberately overshoot your stop, instead of getting off in Leicester Square/Covent garden why not try holborn, Charing Cross, even the embankment and walk in. At least there will be a little acclimatisation period.

    unfortunately, if your theatre is on Shaftesbury ave, or adjacent, you will have crowds and lights and sound. I really struggle with v large crowds so I can’t really advise further. but there you go

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