Free Tickets (CEA Card) & Autism Friendly Cinemas
Would you like free cinema tickets every time you take the family to the pictures? Or perhaps you’re looking for a cinema screening that is autism friendly? Then you’ve come to the right place!
The Cinema Exhibitors' Association Card (CEA Card)
The Cinema Exhibitors’ Association Card is a cinema card for disabled children over the age of 8 that gives a parent or carer a free adult cinema ticket whenever they accompany a disabled child to the cinema. In effect, this is a carers card to take your child to the movies. To qualify for the CEA card, you must be receiving Disability Living Allowance or Attendance Allowance, or be registered blind. Except for a small processing cost (£6), the CEA card gives you cinema free tickets so you can help your disabled child go to the movies.
You can use the CEA card in most cinemas. Pop your postcode in here, and you’ll get a full list of participating venues near you.
To apply for your CEA card you’ll need to send a passport-size photo of your child, plus £6.
Autism Friendly Cinema
There are now nationwide autism-friendly screenings, which have low lights and the volume of the soundtrack turned down a little. Your kids can move around, make noise or take a break during the film – no need to apologise!
Into Film
Into Film can help you set up a film club. Your club can be accessible to autistic children in your school or group. They can also give you relevant teaching resources.
Picturehouse cinemas
All do autism friendly screenings
Dimensions
Work with ODEON, Cineworld, Vue and Showcase cinemas to host screenings
Vue
Austism friendly screenings
Odeon
Austism friendly screenings
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