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Special Needs Children in the Cinema - ooooh controversial

  • 13-08-2012 7:49am
    #1
    MagicMarker
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    Went to see Batman yesterday, there was a good few people at it, over half full. Anyway there was a child (my guess is around 10) who kept shouting out intermittently throughout the whole movie, there were a number of scenes of dialogue that I completely missed the jist of because of this and I'm sure it distracted others too.

    Now I don't know that it was a special needs child but after a while that is the impression I got. So if this was the case, what is the "PC" view to take? Is it wrong to think that maybe parents in this case should be a bit more considerate to other cinema goers? i.e by leaving if the child is causing too much disruption or waiting longer before seeing a film so you know there won't be as many people there to disrupt?


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  • #2
    Morag
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    A couple of cinemas are doing autism/SPD friendly screenings.
    Did you happen to end up in one of them?


  • #3
    MagicMarker
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    Sharrow wrote: »
    A couple of cinemas are doing autism/SPD friendly screenings.
    Did you happen to end up in one of them?
    Not to my knowledge anyway, there's no mention of it on the website or in the cinema itself.


  • #4
    Sad Professor
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    I've occasionally experienced this at morning screenings, both with children and adults. When they have kicked off their parents/carers usually take them out of the cinema. Leaving them there shouting through the entire film is pretty inconsiderate. Had it been me I would have just left and asked for a refund. It's the cinema's problem, not yours.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
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    Its just bad manners on the part of the parents for not taking him/her out. Nothing to do with special needs, plenty of normal kids are noisy also and its only common courtesy not to disrupt other patrons.


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