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

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64. Not to ask an obvious question but.....

If the mother knows her child will have issues without hot food shouldn't she have either 1) gotten her hot food before she got on the plane? I mean I've sat next to enough people who brought on big heaping portions of hot food plenty of times enough to know that it is allowed and perfectly acceptable, or 2) Made arrangements with the airline before hand? I've travelled with vegetarians, vegans, the kosher strict, the peanut allergic, the gluten intolerant the severely autistic, the asthmatic, a kid with oxygen and a tracheostomy, and many others with issues and needs and every single time they've been sure to arrange what they will require before hand.

Yes, stopping the plane was a bit of an overreaction, but once the mother made threats that her kid would bite or scratch other people, she opened that door, and regardless of where she was sitting or how calm the girl was at the time those threats were made and the airline probably had little choice but to act on it, especially if the woman spent what had to be close to an hour arguing with them over this.

This woman is an author so clearly she's travelled....probably a lot of travelling to be exact. How could she not know any of this before hand?