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Birmingham Airport Opens Sensory Room for Autistic Passengers

March 18, 2019 by Denise Brodey

silhouette of a boy walking through airport very serene photo The Birmingham, Alabama Airport Authority’s goal is to make air travel less overwhelming for people with autism and similar conditions. Their new sensory room was developed in partnership with a children’s autism nonprofit group. According to this report, “the addition makes Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport the second airport in the country with a sensory room and the first in the nation with such a room designed for autism but also PTSD, dementia and other conditions.

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