Autism-friendly Travel Is Finally Here
Three Levels of Certification
When a hotel, airline or airport is Autism Double-Checked, you can be sure that you’ll have all the tools that you need for planning your vacation trip.
You will also know that staff have been trained to be non-judgmental and so will understand many of the issues that face autistic people when traveling.
Communicating with your Travel Provider
If you need very specific information from your travel provider about their facilities and services, we have the Autism Concierge.
If you need to tell your provider about your loved one’s needs and challenges in advance, we have the Autism Passport.
Practice Vacations
Travel means experiencing innumerable unfamiliar challenges. To prepare your family – before you set off on vacation – we work with certified airports, airlines and hotels to give you and your loved ones a chance to practice navigating airport, boarding airplanes and staying in a hotel.
It’s so much better to know before you go!
Using the Autism Passport
You want to be heard and understood? The Autism Passport is the tool that all certified providers (hotels, airlines, airports and travel advisors) can use to hear you and understand your loved one’s needs.
You get to share this before you travel so that those needs are known before you leave home.
Finding autism-friendly airlines, resorts, and hotels has always been somewhere between “utterly impossible” and “extremely difficult.” “Pet-friendly” and even “family-friendly” perhaps, but “Autism-friendly” – fugheddaboutit!
Now Autism Double-Checked is changing this by giving every component of the travel industry the opportunity to step up and ready themselves for autistic guests. At each of ADC’s three certification levels, the degree of commitment becomes greater, but each step demonstrates that the participant is actively seeking to welcome guests traveling with someone on the spectrum.
For Additional Info
Please feel free to contact us anytime if you need any additional information or assistance — we’ll be happy to help and provide all the details you require.
Autism Double-Checked
We looked. We looked for “autism-friendly hotels in Boston”. We found nothing. We then looked for autism-friendly hotels in Los Angeles. Nothing. Atlanta? Denver? Phoenix? Seattle? Nothing, nothing, nothing and , you guessed it – nothing.
We researched. We asked leading academics in the field of autism. We asked parents and caregivers in the autism community. What will it take to better equip the travel industry to serve the autism community?
We got our answers.
For successful vacations, families need two fundamental things:
Our first step, ‘Autism Aware’ means that the establishment accepts the Autism Passport. This gives staff a means to understand your loved one’s unique needs.
Our second step, ‘Autism Ready’ teaches the special needs sensitivity training that you wish the whole world could have and then adds job-specific information that tells staff about situations that may arise and how best to assist autistic travelers in those situations.
Check out our certification program!
For each Double-Checked resort, hotel, airline and airport, we prepare its own, unique Visitor/Passenger Guide. It provides all of the information that parents, caregivers or self-advocates could need for planning their trip.
Much of the information that you need can be found by practicing the experience before going ahead with the real thing. That’s why we work closely with hotels, airports and airlines to provide you with opportunities to rehearse these elements of the travel experience.
"We have all the answers we need and are ready to turn our plans into a smooth, enjoyable, and successful vacation experience."
-JD from Texas
What Are People Saying?
"I received a thank you note from a family for how engaging our [ADC-trained] team was to them. They have booked three times since and always write a great Tripadvisor review."
Jeff Webb
General Manager, Margaritaville Island Hotel Pigeon Forge"Since the training, I’ve noticed a real shift in awareness. Team members are more patient, observant, and willing to adjust their approach based on individual guest needs."
Natalie Reese
Director of Junction at Virgin Hotels Nashville"We never would have taken that flight with [son's name] without all the opportunities we had to practice through Autism Flies. He did AMAZING!"
Kristen Catino
Connecticut parent"At JSX, it’s a requirement for all employees to take this training. As a mother of a child on the spectrum, you can only hope that every airline educates their crew members to take this course."
Marcell Jones
General Manager at JSX’s Burbank station"We are proud of this certification and for becoming the first Autism Double-Checked certified airport in the country, which will hopefully become a standard for all airports moving forward. The dedication of our colleagues to achieve this certification bolsters our commitment to ensure that travel through Bradley International Airport is easy and convenient for all passengers."
Michael W. Shea
Executive Director of the Connecticut Airport Authority"Travel is for you, too. You don’t have to sit trips out just because your child has different needs. With the right prep and support, amazing memories are totally possible."
Rachel Morelli
Certified Autism Travel Advisor, Travelmation“Breeze was built on the premise that air travel should be affordable and accessible for all types of communities. In partnering with Autism Double-Checked, our hope is that we can inspire and empower this very special community to go out and experience the wonder of air travel while making memories that will last a lifetime."
David Neeleman
Breeze Airways Founder and CEOWe have the answers!
Autism Double-Checked (ADC) is an innovative organization committed to making travel more accessible and inclusive for individuals on the autism spectrum. Understanding the challenges families and travelers face when seeking autism-friendly services, ADC works with airlines, resorts, hotels, and other travel businesses to help them become more welcoming to neurodiverse individuals. Through its structured framework, ADC offers a progressive approach to training and certifying businesses, guiding them through three levels of learning that progressively build their ability to accommodate and support autistic guests. This initiative ensures that businesses don’t just meet basic standards but actively take steps toward creating environments where neurodiverse travelers can feel comfortable and understood.
By collaborating with various sectors of the travel industry, Autism Double-Checked is leading the charge in reshaping the landscape of inclusive travel. The organization is dedicated to addressing the unmet needs of autistic travelers and their families, pushing the industry to recognize and adapt to these needs. Through education, advocacy, and support, ADC empowers businesses to embrace diversity and foster greater awareness of autism, making it possible for all individuals, regardless of their neurodiversity, to enjoy smooth and stress-free travel experiences. ADC’s mission is to ensure that no traveler is left behind, and to create a travel world that is truly open to everyone.
