Friday, 21 September 2018

Cadbury World

We visited Cadbury World over the school Summer holidays.

Accessibility wise it is a fabulous place to visit. There is full wheelchair access; there is audio description available for visually impaired visitors and the videos that are shown are signed, for hearing impaired visitors.

However, visiting during school holidays isn’t the best idea if anyone has sensory processing disorder.  Cadbury World gets very loud and very busy during these times. George has sensory processing disorder and struggles to cope with loud noises. Unfortunately he doesn’t like anything over his ears, so noise cancelling headphones are not an option. He has a wheelchair because of the pain and tiredness caused by his EDS, and we have found that when George is in his wheelchair he can cope with a lot more than he is able to without it. For George his wheelchair is a safe zone as most people ignore him when he is in it. I’m sure that a lot of people in wheelchairs can identify with being ignored, but this is a positive thing for George.

We enjoyed our day, ate too much chocolate and spent far too much money in the shop! It is a trip that we would make again but maybe we would leave the shopping list at home this time!

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