Another Autism Friendly Film Screening
September 21, 2011
Thanks to @societyguardian for the info. This is great news and I hope the idea takes off.
• Autism friendly film screenings. We reported last month on a pilot project involving the Odeon cinema chain and Dimensions, a provider of support for people with autism and learning disabilities, to make movies a more enjoyable experience for children with autism and their parents. Dimensions has announced that after 3,000 turned out for the pilot screening, the next showing will take place next month when Johnny English Reborn! will be presented in cinemas with low lighting, the volume turned down and no trailers.
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Just to let you know that Picturehouse cinemas have been running Autism-friendly screenings for years. You can usually find the times on the regular websites alongside the regular viewings. They also do a Kids club for children, The Big Scream (grown up films for parents with babies too young to be aware of the film) and Silver Screen (For elderly people – showing some older films). They’re also usually really up to date on showing films with subtitles or with audio-descriptions.
It’s great that some of the larger cinema chains have finally picked up the idea as well!
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