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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not about the ADA. No one was denied access to facilities because of a disability. Airline crew have a lot of leeway to assess threats and respond accordingly - at least we all should hope that they do. The pilots and crew acted on the basis of what they believed to be a safety threat. That is not discrimination or a violation of ADA. You may believe they overreacted; none of us were in the plane, so none of us can say with absolute certainty if that is true or not. But even if it was, an overreaction to a stated threat is not discrimination (not legally, not morally either.)[/quote]

Yes. This is an ADA case. The girl was not given proper accommodations and she was denied access to her flight solely based on the fact that she is autistic.

I also think this was a lack of training, not an overreaction. Airlines are required to train their staff on dealing with people with disabilities. [/quote]

She was given proper accommodation -- yes, grudgingly, but the flight attendant did get her jambalaya which was acceptably got.  It's arguable that she was denied access to her flight solely on the fact that she is autistic.  Alternatively, she and her family were kicked off the flight for being unruly, disruptive, or otherwise a threat or problem.[/quote]

It is not reasonable that a proper accommodation was for the airline to provide food.  If mom knew food was in first class and she needed the benefits of first class, she should have paid for first class.  This is another activist mom looking to get fame through her cause, one of which happens to be via her child.  I am so tired of people using their kids for this kind of stuff.  Plenty of us fly with kids and adults with disabilities and its been fine.  If we know they cannot handle it, you find another way.   Many of us have had to do that.  We had to move someone cross country and it wasn't safe to fly with them.  It was a very difficult trip but we did it. [/quote]

You wanted her to put her kid in 1st class.  :roll:

She has flown 20+ states and almost 10 countries, this is the first incident. You are asking for perfection, that is impossible. 
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