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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d have shushed my kid immediately, and told the woman I was so sorry about my child, and then told my kid once we were in private about people with disabilities and how hurtful laughing, pointing, imitating, etc can be. [/quote]

Keep in mind that she wasn’t laughing at someone’s disability. She had no recognition there was a disability. She was laughing at someone who was walking in a way she perceived as funny, which from her life experience was more likely to be a deliberate choice for effect (has she seen people tiptoe, take little baby steps or giant steps, walk backwards, skip, etc?).  Once you explained about the disability, she felt remorse and wanted to offer comfort. Your child just has limited life experience, and I’m sure the woman recognized that. I think most people can distinguish between a child’s innocent laughter and deliberate ridicule.  The above response would have been the polite course of action and would have indicated that you were going to address the matter with your child.

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