LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A new room is helping kids with autism learn while calming down at an elementary school in the Little Rock School District.
Western Hills Elementary School officials say a sensory room was created as part of its new autism program. District officials said it is the district’s first fully functioning sensory room on the elementary level.
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Anngelica Carter, LRSD’s special program coordinator for autism classes, said the room will help students with autism cope with their emotions.
“I think it’s a place to reset,” Carter said. “A lot of times our students on the spectrum can get easily overwhelmed.”…