BBC · Mar 17, 2017
Middlesbrough football club autism sensory room opens
Nathan Shippey found the noise outside in the stands "just far too much"A couple with three autistic sons have persuaded a fifth football club to open a sensory room for fans with the condition.
Kate and Pete Shippey campaigned for all grounds to have them because their eldest son struggled to watch matches at Sunderland's Stadium of Light.
The club was the first to open a room, with a view of the pitch, last year.
Mr Shippey said it was "tremendous" Middlesbrough Football Club had also now followed suit.
"I'm hoping over the coming years that many fans, kids with the challenges, and their parents and carers, will come and enjoy the game, open a door that previously was shut to them," he said.