Flying has become more of a priority as families spread out across the country and travel is more highly valued. Millennials are the most active of travelers, and unlike Gen X and Boomers, their travel plans include kids. However, many of our Variety KC parents felt flying was impossible, “what if their kids acted out or became scared?”
Variety KC serves children with special needs and their families. Our experience tells us that including our kids in travel plans just takes some adaptations and extra planning. In Variety’s drive to make KC the most inclusive city in the country, when plans for a new airport were announced…we knew it was the next challenge in our #inclusionrevolution.
Variety KC is proud to announce inclusive plans for the new airport. Travelers flying into and out of our inclusive city will have a sensory area for children to decompress, or to gather themselves if overwhelmed. Sensory kits will be available and “trial runs” of the airport will be encouraged (a strategy used by many with children on the Autism Spectrum).
Best of all…the family restrooms will have universal changing tables so older kids and adults would not have to be changed on the floor.
Join us on this journey to make travel more inclusive!
