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Holiday where we can be child free for a few hours?

ByteBandit

Hello,

Not sure this is the right place for this...

We're looking for a holiday place where we can leave our two girls, 2 and 7 (both HFA), in somebody elses capable hands for a few hours. We were thinking somewhere like Butlins, Pontins, Centre Parks, etc, but so far as I can tell none of them are really able to deal with autism, even on the mild end.

We'd like to go away over the Easter weekend or something, or just for a weekend, we've never been on holiday as a family other than my inlaws in the US owing to the immense upheaval it causes (tried camping once, OMG) and needing a holiday afterwards to recover. My own family are unsupportive so we cannot rely on them for holiday help. If we could get somebody to give us a break...!

Can anybody suggest somewhere? It needs to be UK, preferably near a beach, and not costing £100s/week (which I realise maybe a contradiction given our requirements). Both kids receive high rate care if that helps.

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  • I know they are expensive and may not be in everyones budget but cruising is the perfect holiday for this.  We have a 9 year old with ASD and he loves the kids clubs on cruise ships.  We always explain to them that he has ASD.  They have qualified staff who know what this is and how to deal with it.  If he does not want to join in the group activities he does not have to he can just play on the computer.  Most cruises he will go to kids club at 9 in the morning and we have to drag him out for lunch and dinner. 

    We see this holiday as respite for us as he is just happy to spend time in the kids club and we get relaxation without being too far away from him.

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  • I know they are expensive and may not be in everyones budget but cruising is the perfect holiday for this.  We have a 9 year old with ASD and he loves the kids clubs on cruise ships.  We always explain to them that he has ASD.  They have qualified staff who know what this is and how to deal with it.  If he does not want to join in the group activities he does not have to he can just play on the computer.  Most cruises he will go to kids club at 9 in the morning and we have to drag him out for lunch and dinner. 

    We see this holiday as respite for us as he is just happy to spend time in the kids club and we get relaxation without being too far away from him.

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