Posted on 08/13/2019 12:53:26 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Glen Burnie, Md. (WJLA) - A family says they are left heartbroken and saddened after they were asked to leave an Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Glen Burnie, Maryland on Saturday night because of their son who has neurological challenges.
Amanda Braun's son, Killian, was born with a neurological disorder that affects his speech called Childhood Apraxia of Speech. The disorder affects Killian in many ways especially communication and behavior.
Sometimes when he speaks, his words are unclear.
However, Amanda says she's never had problems before the incident at Outback occurred and that Killian was not acting out of the ordinary.
"Our son stayed with us in our booth. There weren’t many people around us as we were seated in the very back of the restaurant to accommodate our party size" said Amanda. She admits there was some noise but that it wasn't constant.
She says moments after dinner arrived, they were approached by a manager and ultimately asked to leave.
(Excerpt) Read more at wjla.com ...
Stay out of Chili’s altogether, or you may get food poisoning.
I once paid big bucks to see a Shakespeare play. I missed most of the dialogue due to the outbursts of a poor child with Tourette’s.
How do you know that? I'm sure an Outback manager has had much experience dealing with situations such as this.
I never understand parents who bring a baby or small child to church services or a wedding
We don’t go there very often.................
I’m a good cook. People acting out in restaurants don’t bother me, I won’t be there.
That said, there are still times when I will see a child acting up or running around the restaurant where I will want to go smack the parents.
I remember the time a child was running loose in a restaurant, and came up to my wife and bumped her while we were eating. My wife looked down and calming said "where are your parents?". The kid ran immediately back to the family's table.
In this instance, it is hard to gauge the "noise" based on the article.
The fact that the parents are ‘milking’ this story makes me wonder. The restaurant was obviously uncomfortable with asking the family to leave, so they must felt it was needed.
I went to Outback once.
Once.
The music was so loud that the other patrons had to yell at each other to be heard.
Myself and my friend refused to participate, so we ate our food, never saying a word to each other and left, never to return.
I guess every restaurant will close for a day of sensitivity training.im guessing the family was white.
They should have brought his Service Dog in.
No way the restaurant would have asked them to leave.
“..not acting out of the ordinary” is the key. Their meaning of his “ordinary” can be miles away from “ordinary” in a public setting, especially a restaurant. Their “right” to bring him into a setting that is supposed to tolerate all behavior should not trump the other patrons’ right to expect a normal atmosphere while they are trying to enjoy their time there, too.
The answer: BABYSITTERS
It all depends on what the meaning of is is.
More here...
https://www.businessinsider.com/outback-steakhouse-apologizes-maryland-family-special-needs-2019-8
Of course there is a huge component of “blame the parent” here on FR.
Please, you judgmental people who don’t have a child with special needs, what should parents who do have one do? Never go in public or into restaurants?
I’ve been there for many, many years. I consider myself a very considerate person in public. At the beginning, when the first one with special needs was little, I didn’t think we couldn’t go to restaurants with people. So we would, and often my son would get overwhelmed, yes, even noisy, and I just stepped him right out. You pristine silent diners would have heard an earful as I carried him out, but then I would stay in the parking lot and wait out the rest of the party.
The next phase was just not to go out. We did that for years as well, or waited for the respite care babysitter so that we could get out without the kids.
Later I had another child with special needs. At this point I do feel that we have rights to be out there in the world just like anyone else. But yes, whether it’s just a child being loud or a child with special needs not in control, we leave ASAP. It’s not easy, but I consider it a sign of respect for the others in the public place.
Dealing with special needs is difficult. We could have a meal no different from anyone else’s and no one would know anything. Or someone could melt down and we could need to beat a hasty exit where other people might be aware.
The restaurant definitely has the right to ask anyone making a disturbance to quiet down or leave. I’m ok with that. But I just don’t like how easily some of you can sit in your boxers and castigate if you have never attempted to live a normal family life with kids with special needs.
Some parents are oblivious of the problems their children might cause. They allow them to run around and be destructive.
One night at our neighborhood restaurant some parents who were runners left their three children alone in the restaurant while they went out to take a run! Can you imagine. All three kids were under the age of 6.
If the kid was yelling and acting crazy then yes, kick him out.
I did a quick wiki search of this disorder. Also here...
https://www.apraxia-kids.org/apraxia_kids_library/what-is-childhood-apraxia-of-speech/
I saw nothing that would indicate a child afflicted with AOS is disruptive or loud.
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