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In reply to the discussion: Maryland family asked to leave Outback Steakhouse because son with special needs was too loud [View all]KT2000
(22,151 posts)34. Appropriate is another consideration
Sensitivity to sound and wearing a hearing aid for hearing loss is actually a disability.
I looked up child apraxia and watched a video. The children who were working with a speech pathologist did not have loud voices at all. In fact the children I saw spoke quietly. There is something more to this story.
We'll have to agree to disagree. Disabilities that disrupt and disturb others in a restaurant to me is not OK. Maybe when the child is older he will be able to behave better. Four is pretty young.
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Maryland family asked to leave Outback Steakhouse because son with special needs was too loud [View all]
Floyd R. Turbo
Aug 2019
OP
A four year old too loud? More likely a geezer with no tolerance for anyone.
marble falls
Aug 2019
#1
What if they use an scenario irrelevant to the OP illustrate a petulant point?
LanternWaste
Aug 2019
#23
You and I feel pretty much the same on this issue. We're both geezers, and politeness
Nay
Aug 2019
#9
Again, I agree with everything you say here, too. I certainly have sympathy for the parents,
Nay
Aug 2019
#16
Several years ago, my amily took me to celebrate my birthday in this restaurant
lunamagica
Aug 2019
#6
The child defenetly didn't want to be there. Her screams weren't of joy or involuntary. She was
lunamagica
Aug 2019
#44
There are places that screaming isn't appropriate, regardless of the reason.
Captain Stern
Aug 2019
#39
Wow - now three responses that favor shuffling people with disabilities off into the closet
Ms. Toad
Aug 2019
#31
While I do have a certain amount of sympathy for the parents, I think it's unfair on the other
OnDoutside
Aug 2019
#20