How would you feel, at an AFL game, if the noise of the crowd sounded so loud it made you run away?

That's what being at a big event can feel like for 26-year-old Jacob Elzinga, who has autism, and so he's never been able to watch his team, Hawthorn, play live.

That has changed with the trial of the MCG's first 'quiet room', run by Hawthorn Football Club and and not for profit support service Afford (The Australian Foundation for Disability).

Jacob Elzinga (centre) enjoys the footy with his mum Helen Elzinga and his stepfather Greg Morozoff. Credit:Chris Hopkins

In a trial over four Hawks home games at the 'G, people with a range of physical and intellectual disabilities were able to retreat to the Yarra Park function room on Level 3, if the stimulation of the barracking, banner waving, food and digital ads became too much.