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SPRINGFIELD, Va. (DC News Now) — Metro welcomed “special guests” at its Springfield-Franconia Station Wednesday.
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Children with autism will voice important announcements over the PA system on all Metro trains and buses.
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All Aboard, the next train is leaving the station NOW! During April, children on the spectrum from all over the metro and in other cities around the country recorded some very powerful messages that were heard when you hopped on a Marta train or a Bart train in San Francisco.
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The project featured children recording the station announcements for MARTA.
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Nine-year-old Reagan Snow loves trains and is delighted in letting Atlanta’s mass transit riders know that before gently reminding them to help keep MARTA clean.
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A U.S. project aimed at making the voices of those with autism heard loud and clear on public transportation is creating inclusion and communities.
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For many reasons, warranted and not, talk of mass transit in Atlanta can bring sighs and the occasional gnashing of teeth. But a new initiative that MARTA has joined takes the edge off and creates opportunity for an oft-misunderstood group.
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Trichter said that the project was apt for children on the spectrum because it matches their interests.
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The voices of children with autism spectrum disorder were featured on MARTA trains last month to promote acceptance of neurodiversity.
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Children on the autism spectrum used their voices to make PSA announcements on major public transit systems, in a yearly campaign that's delighting riders.
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