On the Autism Society of America website's frontpage, there is a link to a TIME article about sensory-friendly film screenings for children with autism and other disorders that makes going to regular movies stressful.
In these special screenings, the lights are lowered but not completely turned off, the sound is lowered, and the theater allows people to bring snacks from home. Additionally, theater staff do not kick people out for talking or yelling during the film.
These sensory-friendly movies could be great, both for children with neurological disorders that makes going to movies difficult, and to bring about greater awareness to autism. Now, captioned films for deaf people are pretty typical for theaters, and if sensory-friendly films become typical as well, perhaps the stigma of autism will be lessened. If everyone sees from multiple signs that 10:00am is the showing for sensory-friendly films, then maybe they will be more aware of how widespread autism is.
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