#caption glasses

[airasora]

You: "You're AI positive? So you support AI stealing art?"

Me: "No, I support technological advancements that can enhance life quality and make life more accessible for everyone... like Hearview glasses."

Video by Chrissy Marshall

[overexplainingautistic]

Movie Theater Experience with Sensory Processing Disorder

I don’t often watch movies in theaters. One reason is because it’s such an overly sensory experience. It’s very loud, and has moments of particularly loud and sudden sounds that are distinctly not good. I also find that dialogue is easy to miss pieces of if I’m not careful, on account of auditory processing. Naturally, after being subjected to this all for the duration of a movie, I find myself with a headache and some form of shutdown. For the remainder of the day, I’m far less likely to speak in my usual full sentences, finding it easier to speak instead with key words, as I described once in my post Autistic Dialect. 

I found a solution to all of it though!

Today I went to see Coco (again) but this time I came prepared with ear plugs and I asked for caption glasses at the service desk of the theater. Together, they addressed all of those issues I stated above. Luckily the theater I go to offers caption glasses, so I have that as an option.

Does anyone else have solutions for dealing with theaters, I wonder if there’s room for improvement, and generally what other people’s experiences are. 

[sleepythekid]

I learned Monday from one of my ASL teachers that SOME Cinemark theaters now have caption glasses. She said they're new, to our area, and she really likes them. I may have to start driving across town because I want to try them. I guess you just hand over a picture ID and they give you caption glasses.