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title: "SENSORY-INCLUSIVE SALON"
slug: "blog/sensory-inclusive-salon"
date: "2019-12-12T12:30:00.000Z"
updated: "2025-06-17T21:25:30.000Z"
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SEE HOW A ‘SENSORY-INCLUSIVE’ SALON MAKES HAIRCUTS EASIER FOR KIDS WITH AUTISM

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## **“It’s very important to be able to be a beacon of hope for those families.”**

Charlotte Paine has two sons with sensory issues, and she used to cut their hair while they slept because getting a professional haircut was such an ordeal.

Then she found Barber’s Blueprints, a New York City hair salon that says it is the first to become certified “sensory-inclusive” by an organization devoted to serving people with autism. Now Paine and her children, ages 8 and 9, get haircuts without fear.

“They enjoy it, you know?” Paine said. “They’re fond of going to a barbershop to be able to go get a haircut. Our children get that now too … It’s nice that they can have that experience, [the same as every other kid](https://www.today.com/parents/how-parents-kids-autism-keep-halloween-treat-t117874).”

[https://www.today.com/parents/ssensory-inclusive-salon-serves-kids-autism-t169770](https://www.today.com/parents/ssensory-inclusive-salon-serves-kids-autism-t169770)