Austistic teen kicked off plane.....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The mother knew her kid wanted hot food and she should have fed her ay a restaurant in the airport.

You know, I fly a lot with my DD who is six now and between the security lines, changing terminals and making it to the gate, MOST OF THE TIME I'm lucky if we have time to go to the bathroom.

Airline stuff and TSA agents OFTEN act like complete aholes.

I try not to fly by American carriers when I can. Europeans have a more pleasant attitude and are customer oriented. American flight attendants are just Nazis whose single purpose during the flight is to make sure you are restrained in your seat.

Then, you leave your house early enough to be able to feed your child. I have a five year old and we make sure we have enough time to feed him before we get on the plane and plenty of snacks.

Well, bully for you. Now go back and read the story. They were flying from Orlando to Oregon through Houston, and the incident was on their second flight.

[Anonymous]

My child is labeled "high functioning autism" by her developmental pediatrician, her psychologist and her psychiatrist. She has epic meltdowns. There is no relationship between a child's emotional regulation and their "functioning" label.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If her daughter needs hot food, why doesn't she travel with hot food?

I haven't read through all the pages but wanted to respond to this. I have a 4 year old autistic son that also needs food heated. He cannot stand cold or room temperature food. He's nonverbal so i may never know why. My guess is that there wasn't any practical way to bring food and keep it at the temperature her daughter needed it to be. Especially if they're returning from Disney trip.

It's news articles like this that make me anxious about bringing my son on a plane. I'd rather drive across country than be subject to the public shame this lady must have faced.

Or you feed the child directly before getting on a plane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The mother knew her kid wanted hot food and she should have fed her ay a restaurant in the airport.

You know, I fly a lot with my DD who is six now and between the security lines, changing terminals and making it to the gate, MOST OF THE TIME I'm lucky if we have time to go to the bathroom.

Airline stuff and TSA agents OFTEN act like complete aholes.

I try not to fly by American carriers when I can. Europeans have a more pleasant attitude and are customer oriented. American flight attendants are just Nazis whose single purpose during the flight is to make sure you are restrained in your seat.

Then, you leave your house early enough to be able to feed your child. I have a five year old and we make sure we have enough time to feed him before we get on the plane and plenty of snacks.

Folks! The search is over! We have found her! 2015's Mother of the Year: the Lady Who Can Pack Snacks For a Five Year Old! *golf claps*

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Utterly insane. How hard is it to heat up a sandwich for a girl who might have issues without it? The other passengers on the plane said at no time did the girl get upset, mom was trying to avoid the meltdown, and the first class flight attendant was an ass. In one video you could hear other passengers saying to leave them alone.

The attendant has rules to follow or she could lose her job. I am so sick of people with children, irrespective of SN, age, etc., think the rest of us have to to tiptoe around so your snowflakes aren't inconvenienced or they throw their "developmentally appropriate" tantrums. The mother knew her kid wanted hot food and she should have fed her ay a restaurant in the airport.

Kid free flights are the answer.

Hey, all the forums that aren't about parenting are that way ---->

Feel free not to come back if you hate kids. Thanks.

+1. This is a parenting forum, after all.

[Anonymous]

Dude, I pack snacks for four kids! I could parent just one five year old in my sleep while also dreaming of Ryan Gosling. Hey girl, where's my trophy?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/11/oregon-family-says-were-kicked-off-united-flight-due-to-autistic-daughter/

The mother asked for warm food.
The flight attendant said it was only for 1st class.
The teen started to get fussy.
The flight attendant gave her food.
The teen stopped fussing.
The plane made an emergency landing and the police got on the plane and made the family leave.
The family quietly exited the plane.

I vote the flight staff made the wrong decision to divert the plane and force the family off.

+2. How hard was it to give a kid with special needs something to eat and STFU about it? Yes, the mom should have planned better. Brought some food or something. But, she didn't. This was in no way an emergency landing situation. They were making a point and that is why this is a further demonstration of airlines being assholes. Across the board.

-1, because mom did not book in 1st class but she wanted 1st class treatment and kept making demands and threats. The mom was the problem, not the airline.

+1

I am the last person to stick up for airlines. After all, they suck. But I have kids and sometimes think no other parent would ever think to tell their kid to shut it, or stop kicking the seats when on the plane. Really people, planes are close quarters. No one likes to fly, that I know of. Let's make it as pleasant as possible, instead of acting like cannibals. The airlines turn into Nazis because all it takes is one snowflake parent to ruin it for everyone. And they do.

[Anonymous]

But, pp, the passengers on the plane supported the mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If her daughter needs hot food, why doesn't she travel with hot food?

I haven't read through all the pages but wanted to respond to this. I have a 4 year old autistic son that also needs food heated. He cannot stand cold or room temperature food. He's nonverbal so i may never know why. My guess is that there wasn't any practical way to bring food and keep it at the temperature her daughter needed it to be. Especially if they're returning from Disney trip.

It's news articles like this that make me anxious about bringing my son on a plane. I'd rather drive across country than be subject to the public shame this lady must have faced.

Or you feed the child directly before getting on a plane.

How do you do that if youre going between planes? Like PP mentioned they were going from Orlando to Oregon through Houston, and the incidence was on the second flight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If her daughter needs hot food, why doesn't she travel with hot food?

I haven't read through all the pages but wanted to respond to this. I have a 4 year old autistic son that also needs food heated. He cannot stand cold or room temperature food. He's nonverbal so i may never know why. My guess is that there wasn't any practical way to bring food and keep it at the temperature her daughter needed it to be. Especially if they're returning from Disney trip.

It's news articles like this that make me anxious about bringing my son on a plane. I'd rather drive across country than be subject to the public shame this lady must have faced.

Or you feed the child directly before getting on a plane.

How do you do that if youre going between planes? Like PP mentioned they were going from Orlando to Oregon through Houston, and the incidence was on the second flight.

Schedule longer layovers. Or fly first class. There are solutions that you can work out in advance.

[Anonymous]

If its to the point that your chid will scratch others and you most likely cant hold her back, then dont go on a plane

[Anonymous]

Interesting the topics that generate the most heated opinions on here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If its to the point that your chid will scratch others and you most likely cant hold her back, then dont go on a plane

Or you could find some compassion. Honestly, this thread is sickening. Such an easy solution for this girl and you're raking her mom through the coals. For what? We have lost our humanity when people can't see that sometimes you think outside the box and be decent human beings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If her daughter needs hot food, why doesn't she travel with hot food?

I haven't read through all the pages but wanted to respond to this. I have a 4 year old autistic son that also needs food heated. He cannot stand cold or room temperature food. He's nonverbal so i may never know why. My guess is that there wasn't any practical way to bring food and keep it at the temperature her daughter needed it to be. Especially if they're returning from Disney trip.

It's news articles like this that make me anxious about bringing my son on a plane. I'd rather drive across country than be subject to the public shame this lady must have faced.

Or you feed the child directly before getting on a plane.

How do you do that if youre going between planes? Like PP mentioned they were going from Orlando to Oregon through Houston, and the incidence was on the second flight.

You book flights with longer layovers and look at the routes carefully. We generally pay extra for a direct flight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If its to the point that your chid will scratch others and you most likely cant hold her back, then dont go on a plane

Or you could find some compassion. Honestly, this thread is sickening. Such an easy solution for this girl and you're raking her mom through the coals. For what? We have lost our humanity when people can't see that sometimes you think outside the box and be decent human beings.

There is a difference from having compassion and violent behavior. Mom cannot control the tantrums and child is to big to carry or reasonably restrain. If child cannot control her behavior, then you don't travel. We went through a rough period of two years where we could not take our child out to eat, travel - flight or hotel, and spent every day in services. You deal. Either it gets better or you don't travel out of safety for everyone.