April 17, 2025
The Boost News
Social stories help people understand what to expect when they enter a space or event. While bigger institutions, like museums, are beginning to use them on their websites, it’s a good idea for even smaller event programmers to consider them as well.
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The Especially Everyone Experience — inclusive concert and dance events put on at various locations round New York and southern Connecticut — recently created one for its upcoming May 4th event at the Shames JCC in Tarrytown, N.Y. It’s a great example of how social stories can make participants feel comfortable before they even step into an event space.
Each Especially Everyone show consists of a rollicking 10-piece band, offers a designated sensory break area and provides hearing protection, such as earmuffs and earplugs. To learn more, check out Meet ‘Especially Everyone,’ an Inclusive Musical Experience.