BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) -- Birmingham City Schools said it is the first in the nation to provide district-wide specialized sensory inclusivity training.

Through a partnership with KultureCity, BCS has trained all employees and equipped each school.

"We wanted to make sure that our students were treated in a way that was sensitive to what their abilities are," BCS Superintendent Mark Sullivan said. "We wanted to make sure that our principals, our teachers, our secretaries, our bus drivers were aware of students who may be on the spectrum and the behaviors that those students may display -- some of the characteristics the students may display -- and not confuse some of those characteristics with disciplinary issues.”

Pamela Wimbish, the director of special education for BCS, said having t

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