This Alabama high school’s decision to create a sensory-friendly section at their football games offers a beautiful glimpse of what a world of belonging looks like.

First, local people notice that some individuals and their families can’t participate in a communal event.

Second, they want that communal event to work differently. They feel a sense of loss that kids with sensory issues aren’t present. They feel like “we aren’t us without you.”

And so, third, they ask what they could do to create an environment where the whole family can attend the football game. Local vendors rally to contribute goods. Multiple new families attend the game. The school starts looking for ways to create similar experiences at other sporting events and arts performances. The result is good for the whole community. Everyone is lifted up. {Here’s the full story from Disability Scoop.}

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