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Columbia County Performing Arts Center certified as sensory-inclusive venue
Summary
The Columbia County Performing Arts Center announced it has earned a sensory-sensitivity certification through a partnership with Culture City and has added trained staff, sensory bags and quiet spaces intended to help patrons with autism and other sensory sensitivities attend events.
The Columbia County Performing Arts Center is now a certified sensory-inclusive venue, Operations Manager Josh Gardner said. The facility has added trained staff, three quiet rooms, three headphone zones, a sensory room and sensory bags to help patrons with sensory sensitivities attend performances.
The certification, Gardner said, comes through a partnership with Culture City and is intended to make events more welcoming to people with autism and to others with sensory needs. "We are the first, sensory sensitivity certification for the CSRA. We partnered organization called Culture City, and they help with sensory…
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