Welcome Aboard! The MTA Gives Voice to Children with Autism

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, the MTA is embracing children with autism by inviting some of them to record their own subway safety announcements.

NEW YORK CITY – The MTA is celebrating Autism Awareness Month by bringing in children with autism to experience the subway through a different lens.

The kids got to meet and mingle with station agents, bus operators, and conductors as part of the experience.

"They have such an affinity to the subway station. So we wanted to create space to celebrate and embrace it and allow them to meet those running the system day to day," said Shanifah Rieara of the MTA.

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