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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kim Wiltshire

These Portuguese islands offer respite for my neurodiverse family

Kim Wiltshire had never entertained the idea of venturing abroad as a family – until she considered the Ria Formosa - (Kim Wiltshire)

In 2017, we drove home from a nightmarish camping trip in Somerset with our children, thinking we would never go on holiday again. We were miserable and a bit beaten, battered by the meltdowns and the stress.

That night, we reminisced about the holidays we’d had when we were just a couple, such as the fortnight in a whitewashed cottage on Culatra, a Portuguese island in the Ria Formosa lagoon. As we looked at each other, I slowly began to wonder if it would be possible to return as a family.

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