Tickets to the Sept. 30 autism-friendly performance of "The Lion King" sold out in a day. Cheryl Squires, a refreshingly no-nonsense Queens school teacher whose 10-year-old son Geoffrey has autism, said she bought seats the minute they were available because there'd be "no staring and no judgments" at the theater.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AM on October 7, 2012