Sensory Friendly Movies for Autistic Children

Aired on NPR's Weekend Edition on Aug. 28, 2010

The mainstream movie experience — with its 3-D, IMax, and surround-sound — can be too much for children with autism. As the national rate of autism diagnoses clims, parents and advocates have persueaded some theaters to tone it down.

This story aired on NPR’s Weekend Edition on Aug. 28, 2010 (adapted from an earlier WFCR story). 

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