Katie Sweeney and Dustin Sweeney @ The Lion King Broadway, #Autism
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:55 PM 
Katie, Dustin, Mike and Dylan Sweeney were featured in a very nice article about our Sunday trip to The Lion King on Broadway:
For most Americans, attending the theater is just one more form of entertainment. But for Katie Sweeney and her family, a recent trip to Broadway was true cause for celebration.
"It was absolute redemption," said Sweeney, recalling the afternoon in October when she, her husband Michael, 16-year-old son Dylan, and 14-year-old son Dusty -- who has autism -- caught a unique performance of "The Lion King."
"It was a special, special moment," she said, because the performance was the first-ever staging of a Broadway musical specially adapted for an audience of people with autism.
Watching Dusty take in the show in an environment that understood his needs was "among the highlights of my life," said Sweeney.
According to organizers, the performance in the 1,600-seat theater had quickly sold out (with another 1,000 families on a waiting list for tickets), pointing to a real need for accessible theater for the autism-spectrum community.
That's because more typical performances aren't suited to people with autism, explained Geraldine Dawson, chief science officer of the advocacy group Autism Speaks."
Reader Comments (2)
This thing really went viral. Google:
"Sweeney Broadway Strikes an Autism-Friendly Chord"
230,000 results in the last 4 days. Wow.
Mike Sweeney
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