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Md. family, son with special needs asked to leave Outback Steakhouse due to son's 'noises'
ABC 7 WJLA ^ | August 7, 2019 | Caroline Patricks, WJLA Staff

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.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: childhoodapraxia; children; glenburnie; kickeout; maryland; outback; outbacksteakhouse; specialneeds; speech
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To: z3n

Perhaps - but in cases like that, I become a lot more tolerant than with “normal” children being allowed to run rampant and disrupt the “ambiance” - don’t want to become one of them intolerant Dems that preach tolerance but never practice it because of some minor inconvenience.
Outback is usually not considered “fine dining” and evidently some meat eaters are also ultra sensitive to anything they don’t like.


161 posted on 08/14/2019 3:36:42 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Rastus

Meet my two girls: Doritos and Sutter Home. ;)


162 posted on 08/14/2019 4:11:55 AM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: silverleaf
A $10 gift card is no substitute for being able to peacefully enjoy a $100 steak dinner.

Outback is not fine dining. It markets itself as a family restaurant, it has a children's menu, and the price range for a steak dinner is $13.50 to $30, including two sides. Outback is basically a chain restaurant that serves fast food with table service.

163 posted on 08/14/2019 4:25:59 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: tallyhoe

We went to an outback a few years ago. The food was greasy and the service was really slow. Never again.

When we go to Taco bell,(Or burger King) the food is much better, much cheaper and no tip. Everybody’s happy.


164 posted on 08/14/2019 4:28:10 AM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: Balding_Eagle
I drop a hundred, hundred fifty, on a once a year dinner with family or friends and you want me to put up with a bunch of rude noses for a lousy ten dollar coupon because some self absorbed thoughtless family didn’t have the decency to leave us alone?

Outback is basically a family oriented, chain restaurant, that serves fast food with table service. If that's where you go for your once a year $150 dinner, then the problem is not a disabled child who gives you a moment of discomfort, but your lack of good taste and judgment.

165 posted on 08/14/2019 5:10:08 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: miserare
Stay out of Chili’s altogether, or you may get food poisoning.

I've been to the local Chili's twice. The first time it smelled like bleach. The food was kinda bland, service was just "ok." I thought it was a one-off experience so I gave it a second try.

Mistake. Smelled like bleach again and the food and service were just "ok."

I figured they're covering something up with the bleach smell and haven't gone back. If you can't keep a restaurant clean without the overpowering bleach smell, I'm not going back.

166 posted on 08/14/2019 5:16:42 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: ClearCase_guy

Yours I think is a quite logical and rational position. :-)


167 posted on 08/14/2019 5:17:20 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Mr Rogers

ditto. buy i only had one... but i empathize with the parents of crying children or special needs and my heart goes out to them...

nothing comes between me and my steak, so noises and other patrons do not bother me.


168 posted on 08/14/2019 6:21:20 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Oatka

Now that you mention it, the same thing happens to us at Red Lobster, but we only go there about once a year, or so...............


169 posted on 08/14/2019 6:24:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Labyrinthos
I’ll have what you’re having, or maybe not.
Dinner for 4 with a glass of wine runs close to $150 here
It has to be a special treat for us to go there

Regardless even a family restaurant is not a place to take a child who cannot conform to manners so as to not cause a disturbance. For whatever reason,

Get a babysitter or head to Chucky Cheese

And yeah, I adopted and raised a SN child of this age who could not control his behaviors in public,

so we only went where we could train him in manners and self control over time and not disturb others experiences. For over 2 years we went nowhere we couldn't keep him in a shopping cart. Big dates to Home Depot for hot dogs,

170 posted on 08/14/2019 7:22:35 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change.)
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To: Labyrinthos

What a patronizing rude response.
Project much.


171 posted on 08/14/2019 7:24:45 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change.)
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To: silverleaf

I also raised a SN child whose disability is very similar to Childhood Apraxia of Speech. (My child has multifaceted dyslexia on the severe end of the spectrum.) Unlike turrets syndrome, severe forms of autism, and ADD/ADHD, children with CAS and dyslexia are not known for outbursts or anti-sociable behavior attributable to the disability. If this child was behaving inappropriately, the likely cause was bad parenting, by parents who are unwilling or reluctant to discipline their child, because the SN child has already “suffered enough.” That’s a big mistake.

With that background, we brought our children to sit-down restaurants at an early age, and while there were a few occasions when one of us parents had to depart with a misbehaving child in the middle of the meal (mostly due to our non-SN child), it only happened a few times because even SN child learn to behave appropriately with consistent parenting and discipline. Nevertheless, we always had respect for the other customers and to mitigate the chances that our children would disrupt their meal we took our kids to restaurants late morning or late afternoon between the breakfast-lunch rush and lunch-diner rush. In addition, we took them to child friendly places like Greek dinners, local family-friendly Italian restaurants, Bugaboo Creek, and Outback.

What’s missing from the articles about this particular incident is the time of day and the specific behavior that the complaining diner found offensive. Let’s face it: There are certain grouchy, unhappy, and perpetually miserable people who are unwilling to tolerate even the slightest inconvenience or disruption to their lives. (While I would like to think this is a mostly liberal characteristic, after reading the comments for this post, intolerance crosses the political spectrum.) For all we know, this person could have been one of these constant complainers, who would probably complain in a maternity ward that there are too many crying babies.

Lastly, under the Americans with Disabilities Act — a flawed and expensive law that liberals pushed to fruition — Outback has a legal obligation to make reasonable accommodations for disabled people. Assuming the behavior in question is the result of the child’s disability, then asking the family to leave is both wrong and illegal. A reasonable accommodation in this particular situation would have been to relocate the complaining party and offer to buy them desert or a drink.


172 posted on 08/14/2019 9:29:16 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Labyrinthos

It is not illegal to 86 disruptive people


173 posted on 08/14/2019 9:32:02 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Labyrinthos

This was Saturday night dinner

I think I can imagjne the sounds coming from that booth, Having just flown to Europe seated 2 rows in front of a woman with an obviously disabled child who loudly groaned, lowed, moaned and shouted every couple of minutes for almost 3 hours ( before merciful sleep descended on him) ... i thought of the mother as a saint and we all tolerated this because flying is a public accomodation. Inflicting this on people in a restaurant: totally selfish and unnecessary,
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When Yahoo published this there were a thousand comments. I read several dozen of the most rated and not one supported the family. So its not a “ liberal” thing, its a parenting thing.


174 posted on 08/14/2019 10:53:11 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change.)
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To: silverleaf

I agree, this is most likely was a parenting thing because the particular disability at issue is not associated with the behavior you describe. We used to take our children to “dinner” at 4 pm to lower the risk of disrupting other customers in the unlikely event that one our kids acted out.


175 posted on 08/14/2019 11:32:23 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: ZinGirl
LOL 😂
176 posted on 08/14/2019 1:46:43 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

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177 posted on 08/16/2019 11:13:30 AM PDT by buffyt (The Liberals make life very difficult for the Normal People!)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

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178 posted on 08/16/2019 11:14:43 AM PDT by buffyt (The Liberals make life very difficult for the Normal People!)
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