Chuck E. Cheese’s is now making sure all kids have fun there. One Sunday a month they're catering to kids with autism.

A place like Chuck E. Cheese’s might normally be difficult for kids with autism.

"The lights and the sounds. I know there's always one game that I would always play and it had this little ring thing that would go around it and whenever you got the jackpot it would ring," Zach Hales says.

Hales is the social coordinator at the Autism Center in Monroe. He says businesses can accommodate autistic children.

"Maybe just by turning down the music just a little bit or maybe having a more secluded space for them to go and perform the same activities if they were to be overstimulated," he says.

So, that's exactly what Chuck E. Cheese’s is doing once a month.

"The lights are dimmed here inside the facility. We also have either the show turned off or the volume is lower," general manager Sherelle Smith says.

In fact, 275 locations across North America are taking part in Sensory Sensitive Sundays, including Monroe.

"We started the first of the year,” Smith says. “We've had a couple families in but I’m quite sure we have a lot of children in this area with special needs with autism that would love to come in and not be crowded."

Hales admits he hasn't heard much about the program because it's so new, but he believes it would help the kids he works with.

"I think it's great that they're able to do that because they're able to go in and experience some of these louder sounds in a more relaxed environment and get used to those types of things," Hales says.

Chuck E. Cheese’s says the goal is to include all kids.

"I want this to allow children who usually stay at home, or parents are scared to take them out for those types of reasons, to actually have time to come in to have fun besides going to a park or just staying at home doing those types of activities at the house," Smith says.

Sensory Sensitive Sundays are held the first Sunday of the month from 9 AM to 11 AM, however, this Sunday has been changed to April 8th because of the Easter holiday.