My 4 year old son has autism. He tends to react on some outings depending on waiting time, environment, the amount of people and many more reasons. Kids being kids and maybe mine a little loud, they were not shy of having fun and keeping busy while we lined up and waited our turn.
The guy behind the counter called us over to where we could see him and shouted out ' take the kids out of here I can't work with all that noise'. I was shocked and almost speechless. But I replied, 'my son is autistic and this is how they act'. I than looked around at the full store with their eyes glued to me, approached my friend dinning with us and discussed going to another food outlet.
We walked out of the store in shock where my son, because of change, reacted 10 times as bad due to the sudden change making things a lot harder to deal with.
I was discriminated against. My son isn't a normal child and I have to live with that everyday of my life. I don't need rude inconsiderate people like that SUBWAY guy tonight rubbing it in.
I will endeavor to forward a formal complaint to the store manager who I have already spoken to.
I am not happy and people should not jump to conclusions to think a child is 'just naughty'. There could be an underlaying medical issue.
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