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While you’ve been out and about at airports, supermarkets and attractions around the UK you may have noticed sunflower lanyards. These lanyards are part of a nationwide initiative to highlight hidden disabilities, as many people feel like these are ignored and can be shamed for asking for additional support.

As autumn approaches you might be considering hibernating until next spring, it is a tempting thought, but there are still plenty of fun activities for you to enjoy. To give you a little inspiration, we’ve researched some of the top accessible places you can visit this autumn! In part one of our series of accessible places to visit, we’re heading to Cardiff, Wales’ capital city.

Monkey World in Dorset are hosting two autism friendly days at their base on 5th October and 16th November. On these two days, visitors will be admitted into the park an hour before public opening and additional facilties will be in place throughout the day. 

It doesn’t matter whether you are old or young, there is something quite magical about visiting an aquarium and the UK has loads of them all over so you’re never short of things to do. Aquariums are a great choice for a day out, regardless of what accessibility needs you have, plus many of the UK’s aquariums focus on conservation and education meaning that you can be sure that your visit is doing some good!

During the October half term, Designability are holding their first children’s sensory walk at the scenic Lackham House in Wiltshire to help raise money to support the charity so they can continue to support people living with a disability.

Crealy Theme Park and Resort in Devon has been named in TripAdvisor’s Top Ten Theme Parks in the UK for 2019. The Top Ten were based on the number of TripAdvisor reviews and ratings given to the individual companies over the last year. 

High Street bank, Lloyds, has become the first major organisation to sign up to the Mental Health Accessible standards, which have been created to make essential services easier to use for millions of people.

People with hidden disabilities are set to benefit from improved access to travel in and around Bath and North East Somerset when new eligibility criteria for Blue Badges come into effect this month.

We’ve all been there, we’ve found a great holiday we’d like to go on and we’re really excited about it and then you get hit with the crashing reality of trying to get the right insurance.
 

Premier League team, Burnley FC, have teamed up with Innova to make its ground more inclusive to their fans and visitors and have installed a Changing Place facility. This news will be well received for fans and the wider football community as both Changing Places and the Equality and Human Rights Commission having been putting pressure on Premier League football teams for failing to provide adequate facilities for disabled supporters.