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Odeon - Autism Friendly Cinema Screenings

ODEON4 Jan 16

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shyamganatra

4 Jan 16

ODEON hosts autism friendly cinema screenings every month. Listed below are the participating sites for our autism friendly cinema screenings with ODEON.

Tickets for the latest releases may come with a small Blockbuster charge of £1.

ODEON’s next autism friendly film screening is Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12A) on Sunday 24th January at 11:30am.

ODEON’s next autism friendly films for older audiences is In the Heart of the Sea (12A) on Monday 25th January at 6pm at 9 selected cinemas.

ODEON cinemas running the trial screenings for older audiences
Birmingham Broadway Plaza
Blanchardstown
Cardiff
Glasgow Quay
Greenwich
Sheffield
Southampton
Trafford Centre
Wimbledon
ODEON cinemas running autism friendly film screenings
Andover
Aylesbury
Banbury
Basingstoke
Bath
Beckenham
Belfast
Birmingham
Birmingham Broadway Plaza
Blackpool
Blanchardstown
Bournemouth ABC
Bracknell
Bridgend
Brighton
Bromborough
Canterbury
Cardiff
Cavan
Chatham
Chelmsford
Colchester
Coolock
Covent Garden
Coventry
Crewe
Darlington
Derby
Dorchester
Dudley
Dundee
Dunfermline
East Kilbride
Edinburgh Wester Hailes
Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird
Epsom
Exeter
Glasgow Quay
Greenwich
Guildford
Harrogate
Hastings
Hatfield
Hereford
Huddersfield
Hull
Kettering
Kilmarnock
Lee Valley
Leeds Bradford
Leicester
Limerick
Lincoln
Liverpool One
Liverpool Switch Island
Llanelli
Maidenhead
Maidstone
Manchester Printworks
Mansfield
Metrocentre
Milton Keynes
Naas
Newark
Newbridge
Newcastle East
Norwich
Nuneaton
Oxford George St
Port Solent
Preston
Richmond
Rochdale
Salisbury
Sheffield
South Woodford
Southampton
Southend
Stillorgan
Stoke
Surrey Quays
Swadlincote
Swansea
Swiss Cottage
Streatham
Tamworth
Taunton
Telford
The Point
Trafford Centre
Trowbridge
Tunbridge Wells
Uxbridge
Warrington
Waterford
West Bromwich
Weston Super Mare
Wimbledon
Worcester
Wrexham Eagles Meadow

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Just to add that Cineworld, Showcase and Vue have similar screenings.
If any of these cinemas are nearer to you than Odeon.

Cineworld's is on the first Sunday of the month and they are already advertising February's: Goosebumps, with Jack Black.
- zyany

Top comments

mgritton

4 Jan 16 11 #11

Anyone can go to the Autism screenings they are just a little different to regular showings. They are not as dark and the sound is turned down. I take my daughter to the vue Autism screenings because there a little more easy going and she can get up and move around if she needs to. But anyone can attend them you don't have to have Autism.

mintsauce22 to Biggunspaul

4 Jan 16 4 #4

You can apply for a CEA card, if you google it, it is really easy to fill in and send information through email etc. Hope this helps :-)

Her_Indoors to EazyDuz

4 Jan 16 4 #21

You do not explain exactly why they were not friendly enough....
But in fairness, People with Autism are as diverse as those without.
So some people with ASD may appreciate the noise reduction.... while others not find the noise a problem.....
And I assume staff at Odeon, Vue or anywhere are not experts in each persons presentation....
So while they can make general adjustments for the 'usual' issues for people with ASD, they cannot be expected to meet everyones specific issues.

I remember taking mine to the cinema when he was very young - and usually ended up having to take him out several times.......
But over the years he thankfully got used to it, and we now go to the cinema regularly.

Similarly one of the first times I took him to the theatre as a teenager, we had to leave at the interval as he hated the whole thing.
Now he has learned to enjoy it, and will even stay to the end of a production he doesn't like - but has no problem telling me he is not enjoying it !
lol !!

deany76

4 Jan 16 3 #32

The showing should be FREE for the folk with mental & physical disabilities. They have enough to deal with than being ripped off too.

ABSOLUTE DISGRACE, shame on you Odeon et al.

All comments (111)

lukekey

4 Jan 16 1 #1

thanks for sharing,

Biggunspaul

4 Jan 16 #2

Strange that this should be posted as I was only looking about it last night.

Does anyone know what discounts they offer at the odeon to disabled with a carer for normal viewings ? I remember being told before that you have to fill out a form and take proof of the disability and then you get reduced tickets for the disabled person and the carer

mintsauce22 to Biggunspaul

4 Jan 16 4 #4

You can apply for a CEA card, if you google it, it is really easy to fill in and send information through email etc. Hope this helps :-)

Elevation to Biggunspaul

4 Jan 16 1 #78

Was it as strange as the last time it was posted?
I wish they did geek only adult screenings to avoid incessant giggly tweens.

sarsar1 to Biggunspaul

5 Jan 16 #101

I take my Son once a month to either Odeon or Cineworld and I get in for free as a Carer by showing them my Carers card I received from my local council. I have done this for the last 4yrs and have never had any problems.

mintsauce22

4 Jan 16 2 #3

We have been going to the autism friendly screenings for a few years at the ODEON and have always had to pay full ticket price? Never got it for £1. Will have to ask next time :-) Heat added though, and also for making more people aware of these screenings, sadly so many people aren't aware of them still.

iliko to mintsauce22

4 Jan 16 1 #33

Same here, it was always full price.

Rodders89 to mintsauce22

4 Jan 16 #43

the blockbuster charge of £1 is added onto the regular tickets price...odeon are the only cinema that charge extra for afs

sexyshelk135

4 Jan 16 #5

Is this only for people with autism or can other disabled go I.e Down's syndrome, adhd , learning disabilities?

happenstance to sexyshelk135

4 Jan 16 1 #6

I too would like to know this

mariefindlay to sexyshelk135

4 Jan 16 2 #82

For anyone who can benefit from it :smiley: you don't have to have a diagnosis of autism. They keep the lights up a bit, no adverts, volume a little lower. So if you benefit then it's for you. I take my two boys with autism it's so relaxed and no one complains if kids get bored and start walking about etc.

Biggunspaul

4 Jan 16 #7

Thanks for that.

Taking my son to see Star Wars later today but will get a card for next time

Jase79

4 Jan 16 #8

Thanks for the post. Heat added

Her_Indoors

4 Jan 16 #9

You have to pay a yearly fee - about £10, and this means the Carer goes free.
Can save you an absolute fortune especially with all these 3D films and the premium they add for some 'big' films in the first couple of weeks of release.
Paying £14 for one ticket is bad enough but double that for 2 of you makes it prohibitive.

Useful card to have as it has the 'disabled' persons photo on, and many places offer reduced or free entry for a carer - if you ask.
Theatres, theme parks, zoos etc....
So if you have the CEA card most places accept this as proof of Disability/Carer - if that makes sense.

But in this instance, it does not specify what disability, so I don't know how the cinema is supposed to know someone is Autistic?

If anyone has been to one of these screenings, could you explain what is done differently to a normal screening?
Thank you

lukenuckley

4 Jan 16 #10

Not to put a downer on things, but I'm fairly sure the headline price is wrong on this. The way I'm reading it, the "small Blockbuster charge" of £1 is an extra charge on top of the normal ticket price if the film you're seeing is considered to be one of their "latest releases"...

amour3k to lukenuckley

4 Jan 16 #31

True!, your very right.

One person pays the full price of the Cinema Ticket, whereas the other one of you only the additional/extra £1 instead .....

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