{"id":5959,"date":"2025-06-22T14:34:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/?p=5959"},"modified":"2025-06-22T14:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:34:24","slug":"voyager-autrement-my-experience-with-toerisme-voor-autisme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/2025\/06\/22\/voyager-autrement-my-experience-with-toerisme-voor-autisme\/","title":{"rendered":"Voyager autrement My experience with Toerisme voor Autisme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During my internship at Toerisme voor Autisme<\/em>, I discovered how important it is that tourism is accessible to everyone. Toerisme voor Autisme<\/em> is an organization founded by Sien Depoortere, a psychologist specialized in autism who also holds a master\u2019s degree in tourism. Her mission is to create more pleasant, safe, and predictable travel experiences for people with autism. I first got to know the organization during the course Inclusive Tourism<\/em>, where Sien gave a guest lecture. I found the topic incredibly interesting and wanted to explore it further through my internship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pendant mon stage, j\u2019ai eu la chance de participer \u00e0 une grande vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de t\u00e2ches. J\u2019ai pu cr\u00e9er du contenu pour les r\u00e9seaux sociaux, assister \u00e0 des visites de prospection, r\u00e9aliser des montages vid\u00e9o, et m\u00eame r\u00e9diger des plans visuels \u00e9tape par \u00e9tape pour des partenaires touristiques. C\u2019\u00e9tait un travail tr\u00e8s vari\u00e9, ce qui rendait chaque journ\u00e9e diff\u00e9rente et enrichissante. J\u2019ai aussi pu participer \u00e0 des sorties guid\u00e9es, des r\u00e9unions avec des partenaires comme Toerisme Vlaanderen, et m\u00eame visiter des lieux que je ne connaissais pas du tout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the highlights of my internship were the field visits across Belgium. I visited the Japanese Garden in Hasselt, attended a tourism fair in Leuven, joined meetings in cities like Antwerp ,walked the Gravinnekespad in Westerlo and many more. These trips not only helped me discover new places, but also taught me a lot about how different destinations deal with accessibility. I also met many professionals who inspired me to think more critically and creatively about inclusive tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J\u2019ai \u00e9galement appris \u00e9norm\u00e9ment sur l\u2019autisme lui-m\u00eame : comment certaines personnes per\u00e7oivent le monde diff\u00e9remment, et comment des petits ajustements peuvent faire une grande diff\u00e9rence dans leur exp\u00e9rience touristique. Gr\u00e2ce aux formations, aux documents visuels et aux outils que propose Toerisme voor Autisme, j\u2019ai vu comment une approche humaine et r\u00e9fl\u00e9chie peut transformer un simple voyage en une exp\u00e9rience positive pour tous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back, this internship gave me not just professional skills but also personal growth. It taught me to communicate more clearly, to think inclusively, and to understand that tourism is not only about destinations, but also about people. I\u2019m grateful I got the opportunity to be part of such a meaningful project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ce fut une exp\u00e9rience extr\u00eamement positive et inspirante. Elle m\u2019a donn\u00e9 envie de continuer \u00e0 m\u2019investir dans le domaine du tourisme inclusif. Je terminerai ce blog avec un message simple : le voyage appartient \u00e0 tout le monde, et c\u2019est \u00e0 nous de faire en sorte que chacun s\u2019y sente le bienvenu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During my internship at Toerisme voor Autisme, I discovered how important it is that tourism is accessible to everyone. Toerisme voor Autisme is an organization founded by Sien Depoortere, a psychologist specialized in autism who also holds a master\u2019s degree in tourism. Her mission is to create more pleasant, safe, and predictable travel experiences for … Lees verder “Voyager autrement My experience with Toerisme voor Autisme”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":932,"featured_media":5960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2025\/06\/Header-wordpress.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavQFa-1y7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5964,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5959\/revisions\/5964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}