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By Request | Minimum Two Weeks’ Notice Required
Ruby Falls offers a Low Sensory Cave Walk for guests who need a reduced-sensory experience. This tour features:
For early morning availability, please email info1@rubyfalls.com with at least two weeks’ notice. The price is the same as a regular tour.
The CSO’s All-Accessible Concert provides a safe, welcoming space for individuals with disabilities or sensory sensitivities and their families. Enjoy a full orchestra performance in a relaxed environment where movement and sound are encouraged.
This year’s theme, “The Orchestra Moves!”, explores music’s ability to move us emotionally and physically. UTC’s Music Therapy department will support engagement. The concert includes open seating, ASL interpretation, captioning, quiet spaces, and portable changing stations.
Tennessee Aquarium has partnered with KultureCity to improve their ability to assist and accommodate guests with sensory needs by providing Quiet Rooms, Sensory Bags, Weighted Lap Pads at IMAX, and Social Stories to help plan your Aquarium visit.
The Chattanooga Zoo has partnered with KultureCity to develop the Sensory Inclusive Zoo Initiative to improve our ability to serve guests with sensory processing needs. We have officially been designated a “sensory inclusive facility.
Visit the Hunter Museum of Art for a low sensory painting class taught by local abstract artist, Aly Manno. Price is $20 and participants will get to explore the Hunter’s latest exhibition before returning to the studio for a beginner friendly painting session.
AMC offers unique movie showings where they turn the lights up, and turn the sound down, so you can get up, dance, walk, shout or sing! Their Sensory Friendly Film program is available on the second and fourth Saturday (family-friendly) and Wednesday evenings (mature audiences) of every month. Please check your local theatre listings for specific showtimes.
Sensory Sensitive Sundays
22 NORTHGATE PARK, CHATTANOOGA, TN 37415
Chuck E. Cheese is proud to support families who have children with autism and other special needs. Through our Sensory Sensitive Sundays program we’re able to offer families a quieter dining and entertainment environment, dimmed lighting and a sensory-friendly arcade experience. Our sensory-friendly events also include a trained and caring staff to ensure each guest has a safe, fun-filled visit.
The Nashville Children’s Theatre (NCT) is proud to offer sensory-friendly performances designed to create an inclusive and welcoming environment for children and families with autism or other sensory sensitivities.
NCT’s sensory-friendly performances include a variety of accommodations to support comfort and enjoyment, such as:
Additional resources include social stories to help patrons prepare for their visit.
These performances create a safe, judgment-free zone where everyone can enjoy the transformative experience of theatre.
For more information and to view upcoming sensory-friendly show dates, visit the Nashville Children’s Theatre website.
The Nashville Symphony offers sensory friendly programming and resources for people with autism and other disabilities that cause sensory sensitivities.
Their sensory-friendly planetarium shows are great for guests with Autism spectrum disorder, sensory sensitivities, or young children. Everyone is welcome… even if you don’t have sensory needs.
The sensory-friendly map, available as a PDF, provides valuable information by highlighting areas within the Zoo that may be loud, crowded, or have strong odors, while also identifying Quiet Areas for visitors with sensory sensitivities.
