Earlier this month the Benson Visitor Center became the first certified Autism Center in Cochise County. Three staff members completed the online training to earn the designation.
BENSON, Ariz. — The Benson Visitor Center is now the county's first and only certified Autism Center.He and two other staff members completed the online training earlier this year to earn the designation. Tourism Clerk, Kathy Lara, heard about the opportunity in 2019 at a conference, but the price tag was more than they could afford. In 2022 they were able to take advantage of the Arizona Office of Tourism coupon for only having to pay half the price.
Lara has a son who is on the spectrum, which is where her passion for Autism awareness comes from. Her passion was what encouraged the team to pursue this training. The training taught the staff about signs to look for that a person is on the spectrum and what to do to help make them comfortable. Nilson said one of the things he learned was that sometimes people with Autism don't like to make eye contact so there are different strategies for how to talk to that person without making them uncomfortable.
Some of the adjustments that can be for sensory needs are not sounding the train horn from the train simulation and having the model train travel at a slow speed so it's not too loud.
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