SENSORY INCLUSIVE FACILITY & PROGRAMS

The Upper Darby Arts & Education Foundation is proud to partner with Kulture City to help ensure all members of our community feel safe and welcome at the SPARC.

KULTURE CITY

Kulture City is the world’s leading nonprofit focused on providing sensory accessibility and acceptance. Partnering with major organizations and venues such as the Philadelphia Eagles, Live Nation, and Lush, they provide training and certifications that ensure safety, accessibility, and inclusion for all!

The mission of Kulture City is to make the “nevers” possible for all people. By understanding sensory needs, they provide tools and information that allow community members to better engage with the events and programs that bring us together.

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The SPARC is so excited to be a Sensory Inclusive Certified Organization, in partnership with Kulture City! Our new Sensory Room, specially designed by Kulture City, is a neurodivergent-accessible space open to all those who need it.

While attending any of our programs inside or outside the SPARC, community members will have access to Kulture City Sensory Bags at the Front Desk or Box Office. Each bag contains a special badge, a feelings thermometer, fidget tools, and noise-canceling headphones that can be used during events and performances.

RESOURCES & ACCOMODATIONS

WHY DOES IT MATTER?

One in four people have a sensory need or invisible disability, including individuals with autism, PTSD, Down Syndrome, early-onset dementia, and others. Sensory needs are a common medical condition in which the brain has trouble receiving and responding to information that comes in through the senses. It is our desire for our entire community to feel welcome in our programs and able to enjoy our events on their comfort levels.

Sensory Inclusive FAQs

  • Kulture City provides Sensory Inclusive Certifications to their partner organizations. As a partner of Kulture City, all SPARC staff receive training where they learn about the importance of sensory needs, how those with sensory needs respond to the world around them, and how to make spaces safe and accessible for people with sensory needs.

  • Kulture City Sensory Bags are available at the SPARC building’s front office and box office. A physical form of ID is required, and will be kept in the office while the bag is in use. This bag must be returned to the office at the conclusion of the event.

  • The SPARC has a new Sensory Room on the second floor of our building that was specially designed by Kulture City.

    This space is a small, soundproof room with padding, comfortable seating, sensory fidget tools, sensory-friendly lighting, and ….

    All community members who attend programs and events at the SPARC are welcome to use this space!