Ep. 12 The LACMA...we didn't make it inside the Museum - Autism Challenges ? ?? (Willis Wanderings)

Welcome to our channel. We are family with special needs kids who like to hang out with some great friends. My best friend, Denise, and I just turned 40', and we have decided to find 40 fun things to do in Southern California with our kids in tow. Keep checking back for more So Cal adventures. Episode 12 is our second adventure in Los Angeles after eating at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles. With tummies full, we drove over to the LACMA /La Brea Tar Pits complex. This was my first time to these two Museums. We had planned this day of the month to be able to enter both Museums free as we weren't sure how Anthony and Justin (who both have Autism) would manage. Do to misunderstanding the LACMA website... we were not allowed to enter free because we were not LA residents. This was perplexing to me that the Tar Pits, Page Museum, would allow all people in free but the LACMA would only allow LA residents in for free. ... These two Museums were on the same grounds. It was also disappointing that the attendant at the LACMA ticket booth did not offer or know of any programs for people with "Special Needs" even after we asked. Later, in reading the website again,... we learned that a Professional Personal Care Attendant can enter free. What is a Professional PCA? Is that different than a Mom that functions as a PCA? We decided to settle for exploring the LACMA grounds only to have Justin attempt to touch a sculpture after not seeing the "DO NOT TOUCH" sign. The security guard reprimanded him ... which he does not handle well and put him in a emotional melt down.. This is something we have been working on his whole life with countless hours of ABA therapy. This was a good lesson for him about Museum etiquette. Taking my family out into the world is very important to me. I want to prepare them for various types of structured and unstructured encounters that Neurotypical people enjoy every day. This is my work-in-progress mission. I hope someday we can try again arrange a successful trip to the LACMA. Here is the link to the Museum's website: https://www.lacma.org/ Please like and Subscribe so we can keep the videos coming, and be sure to follow us on Instagram to see where we are headed next. https://www.instagram.com/williswanderings/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/williswanderings/ Do you need help understanding Children with Autism? Click the link below for a helpful resource. https://amzn.to/2QnFYmv Wanting to learn more about ABA Therapy? https://amzn.to/31RCPwo