 Let's go to Chloe's. I think that might be quite interesting the world's most autism-friendly airport Do you guys know who Chloe? Hey dinners? I think though they were on some the like a On like a show or something like a heartbreak. Hi And welcome to my channel So apparently my mind doesn't remember how to correctly introduce videos when I'm about to set off by myself on the other side Of the world so let's start from square one I've been competing in a sport called extreme Cowboys for the past three years. Imagine an agility trial for dogs But like on steroids in 2017. I won the Australian Green Horse champion And has been my dream since then to compete for Australia in the world finals in Texas America this year I got invited and thus begins my journey to the other side of the world in the UK entirely by myself Oh my god, I'm here. So I am at Melbourne Airport at the moment I haven't done anything before this as you guys know because you're watching this now because my dad was with me And I wanted to spend proper time with him because I'm not gonna see him for six and a half weeks So I wanted to make sure that I wasn't vlogging and didn't you know have the camera and everything But I'm actually not as nervous and not as freaked out and scared as I expected to be I expected to be panicking and crying and like having many aneurysms every three seconds But I'm like actually really good and I don't know if that's because it's such a big thing that like my mind hasn't Processed it yet or if it's because I'm actually just like genuinely chill and I'm hoping it's a second one But if it's the first one we'll just work with it So Melbourne Airport have this thing called a hidden disability badge anyone that has a hidden disability is eligible for this And it's basically just a linear that you put around your neck No one else knows what it means I guess unless you've like researched a program and like have done it yourself or whatever And it basically just means that you can get access and get help and there's social stories and extra things I don't know about you guys, but I've seen like I find my airports aren't too bad for me, but like trains Sometimes trains this is the law I actually I think that you can get well at least in the UK if You sort of if you have a like a big journey Planned and you want to to go somewhere and you want people to be like helpful Or support you like make sure that you get on the train and make sure that you know where you're going You can actually call like a head like to the to the train company and get them to like show not not chauffeur, but Like escort you around the place make sure that you you're all good. I didn't know about that I feel like that's that's gonna be a lot of organizing probably just not do that But if if that's something that you guys struggle with maybe that might be a good thing to do You're in the UK And stuff around to help you and to make sure that you're safe and that you're okay and that you understand what's going on So far so good. I haven't had a need to use it yet, but my dad's been here until like 10 minutes ago This is so weird. This is crazy. Like oh my god. I can't believe it I've literally been dreaming of this day Well, I've been dreaming of doing this since I was like four But I've been dreaming of this actual thing and doing this exact sport at this actual place for like four years now and I never thought it would actually happen and now it's happening and that's So weird like I think I'm gonna cry but not even because I'm scared just because I'm so excited That's it. We've got everything checked in. We're good to go. I've got my bag I've got my way to blanket with me, but I'll update you guys soon and when I can and when it is reasonable and necessary Taking a weighted blanket would be the like the last thing on my list. I don't want to be carrying that around like I don't know about you, but When I when I go for a trip anything I pack in as much stuff as possible I don't know if I'd be able to maybe I could like wrap it right like hang it on my shoulders or something Might be quite good to have that input So I'm gonna look at some of the comments I think all airports should do this generally. I'm glad that you had fun in America overall of your story times They're best of you gosh. I relate so much so proud of you I know how stressful and scary it can be to travel alone. You have a form of autism also super excited for you. Good luck and have fun Yeah, I Think it's definitely like something that a lot of people experience that issue with traveling I really haven't had time to vlog or say anything because it's just been go go go the whole time But everyone has been so nice. It's going so out of their way like so much more than I thought they would I go It seems to be a lot more like positive and kind of Okay, with all of this I don't know if I would be the same like having the responsibilities of making sure that I get to places on time But vlogging things mind you I actually vlog like the my entire trip to Thailand. I have like this two terabyte Solid state storage like device that I used I pretty much like Vlogged my entire time in Thailand and all of the trips and like the backpacking that I did around Southeast Asia I Do actually have I have a lot of experience with traveling I think it's something that I've Experienced a lot because I had to get trains a lot when I was younger It's kind of the situation where I was in at University in Manchester and My like I moved away and my girlfriend was was still Back then so I used to like make trips on the on the weekends to go see her And also like with Taekwondo because we used to to go abroad and compete In different different countries like I think the furthest that I went was like Romania. That was really cool under 21 Europeans So I've had a lot of experience of it and also the backpacking was massive I think what when I'm in like the flow of going and traveling It's cool. Like I'm all I'm all good like I've had experience with it recently about with traveling But if I haven't in a long time and I go to to get on like a really big traveling thing It can be so overwhelming Can be really really really tough sometimes Lots of guys if you like if you like in the stream so far make sure to give it a like it helps As much as I wanted to and as much as I should have but it was an airport and the security everywhere Especially in Texas where all the security people also have guns and I have so much to tell you where I can start I'm gonna put this down because I'm gonna be stimming a whole lot right now and this is just not safe Where can you go here here good? Yes good? Okay? How is this? This? This is good. We can work with this Okay, where do I even start? Okay? So obviously I wanted this to be more of a vlog style. I'm like I'm enjoying this the energy is kind of It's a lot Don't know what are you guys are feeling about it, but I'm struggling to process the words I'm like looking the experience But that just didn't work because I kind of forgot that I am terrified of airports and terrified of planes and that Of making myself more apparent and more known while in one of these situations It's just really not something that I am going to do so instead. This is turning into part vlog mostly story time We're just gonna work with what we got. Um, I'm aware that I look a mess I just got off a total of a 17-hour trip. So give me a break wait my mom's calling. I'll be right back Okay, anyway, where was I oh right plane? Okay? So anyone that knows me knows that I am literally Petrified of planes like I am terrified of planes the first time my family and I went to Taiwan to pick up my brother I was in such a panic mode. I literally was having such a panic attack that they thought I had a bowler They didn't let me on the plane because they thought I had a bowler. I nearly got stuck in China While my entire family was already on the plane and it just made me panic more extreme emotion We find it difficult to gather a false. It's true I think the only thing that I find hard is like the waking up and like making places on time the Yeah, so I'm not always the best with those Transitions and the executive functioning aspect of it If I'm with somebody like and then the only thing I need to do is kind of get up and carry my bags I'm usually pretty good. I don't think I've actually like Gone abroad and traveled like just on my own apart from one time that I came back from Thailand That was the only time actually That was okay, that wasn't too bad But I think it helped because I was on the plane for a long time So I knew that I'd kind of have some space to kind of chill and Regulate and do my own thing once I actually got on the plane So it wasn't too bad So they had to get like a paramedic and like check me out and like make sure they didn't have a ball And my dad came off the plane was like no She's just having a panic attack like chill and they were like don't know but I'm here So like whatever anyway, I'm getting off track. I'm tired. I am jet lag. What's the point of this video hidden disability things? So I really didn't get to speak much at all between the airports and like tell you guys about everything So I guess we're just gonna do it now So I'm sorry that this vlog has become a story time, but that's where we're at in the moment I can't do anything about it. We're just gonna roll with it I'm gonna get a cuppa because I haven't had a cuppa in two days and it's driving me mad All right now we're good to go anyway So apparently this hidden disability thing rolled out in Melbourne a few months ago I think and I was not going to use it because I've flown to like Sydney and Brisbane before but obviously never into country But I was like I'm not gonna use it because I don't know what it is. I don't know how it works I'm kind of scared. I don't want to do it myself and then my mom God bless her soul did it for me and was like you need this use it there you go So basically all you have to do is just send them an email with your flight details on it And then you get accepted and they send through this like email of all the things that they can help you with And that they already have there and you have to pick up a linear on the day So basically I went in and I got my lanyard, which was very very easy You just tell them your name and they give it to you and it's just easy It's just a lanyard and it's really pretty like it's very aesthetic and it doesn't look like a very visible tag It's not something that would make people think that like oh, she's like weird or like oh, what's that? Or like question it because I know that that's a very scary thing in the first place So having something that makes yeah, it's difficult It's like the whole balance of like do I want people to just know but then people like look at me weird Or like do I want to have to like go up to staff members and explain my situation? Or maybe to be honest, maybe a good good thing to do would be to Put it on When you're having a hard time When you go up to staff members, maybe that's like a good compromise. I don't know I feel like I love people know what a sunflower. I know it is but maybe maybe I'm wrong Just now even more is actually just going to make it worse So it's very subtle no one understands what it is unless you already know about the program Or you use the program or that you're obviously a staff member And I was kind of really just expecting it to be a lanyard that the staff members could see and if you're In the middle of a meltdown they'll be like, oh, she's having a meltdown That's genuinely all I thought it was so I just sat there and I was waiting at Melbourne airport after my dad left And my name came out over the loudspeaker and I panicked because I was like I know I'm early for my plane I know it hasn't left yet But like maybe I got the times wrong. Maybe I'm like not meant to be here. Maybe something's gone wrong Like what's going on? I went up and I was already starting to panic and I was like, oh my god Like hi, I'm Chloe. My name was just called out over the speaker She's like, oh, hey, yeah, my name's Tracy and I'm here to help you And then she just went on this whole list of like is there anything you need Is there anything that we can do for you? What point do best to accommodate you? And she just went so out of her way for everything She offered me to go into the plane first before everyone else went in So there wasn't like a big ruckus and like hassle and chaotic and stuff And so I could like get in and get situated first And I didn't want to do that because I don't like going on the plane first usually anyway Because I don't want to be in there for any longer than I have to be She offered changed my seat because I was in a middle seat Which I hate because I don't like being stuck between people and she changed so many things around And she was just so nice made sure that I was okay The reason that I did not want to tag in the first place is because I was like I'm not going to use it because most of the time if I am in a crisis situation Where my brain is just like not having it like just not working I'm not going to go out of my way to tell someone that I'm in a bad way Because it makes me feel more stupid and more like an outcast Which shouldn't because that's just the way my brain works and that's fine and that's okay But I'm a human and humans think stupid things and that's one of the stupid things I think Anyway, we were on the way to Sydney and we were like 20 minutes until landing time And one of the air hostesses came over to me and said Hey, do you need help getting to your other gate? And I was like actually that would be brilliant because I don't know what I'm doing And I know that you have to catch a bus and I'm terrified of buses And I know that you have to like go through customs and like do your passport thing and everything And I know that if I get stressed which I do in front of like professional proper people like policemen and security guards and stuff Actually, if that's an option and it's not going out of your way That would be like absolutely incredible and I genuinely just expected like a visual map like a social story something to say Like here's where you go. Here's what you say. He's how it's going to work Here's what they're going to do which is what I know that they do as well They have social stories to help people to better understand what's happening It wasn't that I got off the plane and there was two people waiting for me at the other end And they were both these just really kind ladies who took me through customs and explained to me How it was going to work and what they were going to do and they went with me on the bus to the other airport And they helped me go through customs and then through customs other people from the other airport aren't meant to go through I don't know why I don't know how it works. I'm rambling. I need to get to the point Basically they helped me out with Every little detail things that I didn't expect them to help me out with things that I didn't expect them to do whatsoever We're able to skip the queues and we were able to do the scanning process differently And we were able to do all of these little tweaks and difference and stuff to just make the experience Not so scary and actually really comfortable and actually really not bad whatsoever And the cool thing is I was talking to this woman one of the ladies I was with for a really long time And we got talking she asked me like how old I was when I was diagnosed I I realized that I'm not really speaking that much. I'm literally like I'm like five seconds behind on like processing what she's Saying what they're saying. I don't know if I don't know what the pronouns are so I don't want to misgender or whatever but Yeah, um A lot a lot to process very quickly. Maybe I need to like reduce the speed of the video Sounds really bad, but I don't know if it's gonna like make it sound weird And I mean I do this all the time. So I started sharing my story And um, she told me about her son who she thinks is on diagnosed in the spectrum We just got talking for a really long time about like Ways that we can fix it and ways that we can change it and does that sound a bit better for you guys It's definitely better for me Yeah, but I think I've heard like a lot of feedback from people saying that the jump cuts Like having such like tight jump cuts is actually very overstimulating for people Like help and stuff and like resort contact details, which was just Like crazy It's crazy how things work And the people that you meet at the right time at the right place and in the right situation It's like it's just so freaking cool but Basically, I was talking to her for ages and she was just so lovely and she just like accommodated me Incredibly, basically she got my seat changed to a level up of what I was seating it originally And the very front of the plane so that I had three extra seats because she said that she knows that people in the spectrum Struggle being in claustrophobic spaces and close to other people and I got to go on the plane like 20 minutes earlier So she could introduce me to every single staff member on that plane You think it's disrespectful? I don't I don't mean to come across that way. It's just literally like I can't process the speed at which they're speaking um It's a bit it's a bit overstimulating for me. All right, I know that it's a personal thing But if you guys would prefer to have it on full speed you you're welcome to You're welcome to say just let me know Let me know No disrespect chloe. You're great. Um Pressing speed is not on point today. I don't think My name including the pilot like That's like that's crazy like talk about going above and beyonds like whoa And then just throughout the entire flight there was people coming up and checking on me and make sure I was okay And asking if I was that is that a social like not okay thing? I don't know Needed anything and like the whole experience was just So good, which I was not expecting I was expecting the plane to be a kind of bad experience that I needed to get through to go to the good experiences but the plane experience itself was Really really good, which I was not expecting and it's 100 because Places are starting to understand disabilities better and especially hidden disabilities which used to be Very unknown and uncared about and very taboo and stereotype. I've had really Really negative experience Muhammad says that I try to ignore what I'm feeling so I get anxious. Yeah I know I think I think as well like just in general due to like alexa feimer and things like that It could be hard to like No, um I mean it's hard for me sometimes to like know what I'm feeling just anyway Um I'm getting a bit better at it as I get older. I think the only issue that I have with it now is the the self-advocacy aspect of it Peders says, uh, I told youtube once in the comments if you could speak a little slower or useful stops and you got annoyed So on some years later, I watched his content put at 0.75 speed Yeah, I feel like For me probably putting my podcast on 1.25 Is a good idea Could probably speed my speed my stuff up In public transport for I was kicked off a train one time and told I was going to jail Because I was having a meltdown and couldn't speak and they told me that I was resisting whatever the word is Um, and then I was going to go to jail and I got kicked off the train another time I almost got lit on fire Um, so that was great most times that I'm in public transport situations and something doesn't go right or I'm not Appearing as neurotypical as other people Things go bad and you instantly become like the villain but In this situation. I was treated Like a human which is something that people with hidden disabilities Don't really get treated like a lot which really sucks and is really not fair And it's really not the way that it should be Melbourne and Sydney airport are by far the most disability There's a lot of judgments that people have Totally I get that so much Generally disability supporting disability accepting and most of all disability understanding public Area situation whatever that has no correlation to disabilities in the first place That I have ever been to if schools if workplaces if unis took Half an inkling of the amount of support they had to people with disabilities at an airport Man kids school lives would be so much different And that's kind of really sad that an airport is above a school system In terms of acceptance and kindness and understanding Well, yeah, the lack of education and adjustments in schools is crazy Like I've even heard some people like say you know Why why why they should like the autistic children should not have sensory supports in school because they're not going to get it in real in real life absolute bollocks Of course they will Of course I wear them all the time madness Thomas could you explain what clothes credits are? Anything she's being in I would have seen or heard of she's got an Instagram You can check that out also youtube obviously 114 subscribers. Wow crazy, um Heartbreak high I think I think there's a couple of clips of chloe from heartbreak high that I looked at like explain like I think The character was explaining to Another character about the fact that they were autistic and they were ever stimulated at a party Interesting it's really nice like that like a mainstream TV show is like including little tidbits of this Like it's so nice So to see that it's kind of growing over over time I think that was a 90s series. Yeah, then maybe maybe they like redid it. Yeah, it's everywhere. Yeah, totally Oh All I'm ready to talk about that matter yet and that's the thesis that was awful. I'm not doing that again I'm sorry. I'm jet lag. Texas airport was the only place where I didn't actually have help with things But I was pretty good at finding my way and following the lines not looking at people that had guns And trying to go towards the nice looking older women and asking them for help if I didn't understand Um, like the basic questions or like how it works or like how to get to a certain place and stuff But I'm here and I made it out alive and we are Gucci first day in texas Really really freaking brilliant. I love it here already. I met my horse today, and I'm literally in love with him It's just been really good and I'm really excited when I looked out the window and saw texas below us I was literally so excited and so Overjoyed and so overwhelmed with just pure happiness and disbelief that I started crying Um, and the air processes came up to me like hey, baby. You okay? Do you need any help? But I was like no, no, I'm fine. I'm like just watching a sad movie um But I was crying because I was so excited that I have been dreaming of this moment Since I was a kid. I have literally been dreaming Of doing this since I was Four years old ever since I started getting into horse riding I knew that I wanted to do something like this and it's what every single little kid who rides horses dreams of is competing and Going to another country and competing for their country and doing something this big and amazing and extravagant and I really don't like horse riding I just find it extremely anxiety provoking just like not have total control of something that i'm driving I have been working towards this particular thing for the past four years and the fact that i'm in another country by myself And I never in a million years thought I would ever do that like that's crazy so knowing that I had done it and then I was doing things which I never thought I would do and most people never thought I would do and knowing that I had done it after So many trials and so many things going against me. I mean it was emotional man. It was emotional You know, or maybe it was jet lag. I haven't decided yet long story short Although not long story short at all because this video has already gone for an extremely long time I'm sorry It's really good and I'm really excited and the world is actually full of very kind very beautiful people And you just got to look past a couple of bad eggs to get to them There really is only a couple the world is really full of really good people and I'm really excited to be a part of it now So yeah, I'm going to cry again. I need to go to bed. Um, so anyway, that is it for this video I hope you guys liked it. Um, I hope it helped you or that it educated you or that it just entertained you for a few minutes Um, yeah, I'm going to go to bed because we start training very early in the morning I'm going to try and keep a regular upload schedule, but I probably won't so I'm sorry if it's kind of a bit sketchy and iffy and like all over the place for the next few weeks But I really just want to live in the moment as much as I can because I've been waiting a heck of a long time to get here I want to live in it as much as I can I hope you guys like this video If you did like it, make sure to like comment subscribe I don't mind if it makes you happy do it It makes you feel good stay kind to yourself Stay kind to other people stay hydrated look after yourself and I'll see you guys in my next video. Bye Ah, bye Interesting video Very relatable Do you guys have much experience with traveling? Be interested to know Like did you have any particular problems when it comes to traveling places?