Thanks to this Subreddit for valuable advice
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On the Melbourne sub a thread about why people with disabilities have a hard time going to the MCG came up. The thread was about parking but I shared why it was scary to take my son with autism there due to the noise and staring by people who aren’t across what ASD looks like.
A redditor alerted me to this lanyard which helps people with hidden disabilities be recognised and get help at the G. It is the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme (link in first comment) and I want to thank the supportive community we are in r/melbourne who helped and listened.
It’s really exhausting being a parent or carer of a loved family member with a disability. The NDIS often does not recognise the contribution parents and carers make - support for is very limited. It’s hard to be across everything when you’re just trying to get through day by day. **The kindness of strangers means a lot.** My husband is super excited by the lanyard as he feels a lot of social pressure when our son is having a meltdown in public and the lanyard provides him with a form of security, most importantly father and son can go watch a game at the MCG.
Thank you internet strangers.