Family Kicked Off Flight After Daughter With Autism Deemed 'Disruptive'

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48. In this case it was a hot or salty meal

In another scenario, it might have been an extra blanket, or a pair of sunglasses, or some Mardi Gras beads.

Those of us who have children with special needs try our best to anticipate every possible scenario, so as not to inconvenience the (amazingly intolerant) public. Unfortunately, we cannot predict every possible scenario, nor can we carry around every supply that a need might crop up for.

But even accepting, for the sake of argument, that the mother was unprepared, how does that justify the behavior of the airline?

Standing before you is a child, clearly in distress, and you have, within your possession or power, a solution to that distress. What kind of human denies that child the solution? What kind of person punishes a child for his or her parent's perceived lack of preparedness?