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Airline Denies Iowa Family Boarding After Their 5-Year-Old Autistic Son Couldn t Wear Mask KEY POINTS The child is nonverbal and has a sensory processing disorder The family’s lawyer said the airline violated the Americans with Disabilities Act An Iowa couple said they are planning to legally challenge Southwest Airlines after they were refused boarding because their 5-year-old autistic son couldn’t wear his face mask. Cody and Paige Petek and their two children were about to board a flight to their home in Des Moines when they were turned away because their autistic son, who is nonverbal and has a sensory processing disorder, struggled to wear his mask during their layover in St. Louis, NBC-affiliated WWBT-TV reported. The family was returning home from a vacation in Florida. ....
Southwest Airlines boots ANOTHER family from a flight over a young child with a sensory processing disorder who has trouble with face masks - this time because he MIGHT take it off On Friday, Southwest Airlines kicked a Colorado family off a flight because their 3-year-old son, who has a sensory processing disorder, might take his mask off The boy s mom told Southwest about her son s disability in advance and showed them notes from a doctor and an occupational therapist A Southwest employee said the captain doesn t feel comfortable with you on it and told the Scott family to get off the plane ....
Iowa family denied flight home after their child with autism couldn t wear a mask Share Updated: 6:15 PM CDT May 3, 2021 Share Updated: 6:15 PM CDT May 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript RIGHT NOW. STEVE: FIRST AT 6:00. GROUNDED. A DES MOINES FAMILY SAYS A AIRLINE BLOCKED THEM FROM BOARDING THEIR FLIGHT HOME WHE THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS SON COULDN’T COMFORTABLY WEAR HIS FACE MASK STACEY: KCCI’S SCOTT CARPENTER TALKED WITH THE FAMILY’S LAWYER AND PEOPLE WHO SAW IT HAPPEN. SCOTT’S LIVE AT THE DES MOINES AIRPORT WITH THIS KCCI 8 NEWS EXCLUSIV SCOTT: INSTEAD OF FLYING INTO THE DES MOINES AIRPORT YESTERDAY THE PETEK FAMILY HAD TO DRIVE BACK FROM SAINT LOUIS. THEY SAY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES REFUSED TO LET THEM ONTO THE CONNECTING FLIGHT. AFTER A FUN VACATION IN FLORID CODY AND PAIGE PETEK AND THEIR TWO KIDS WERE SET TO FLY BACK TO DES MOINES ON SUNDAY. DURING THEIR LAYOVER IN SAINT LOUIS THEIR 5-YEAR-OLD SON WAS STRUGGLING TO ....
Updated: 4:12 PM EDT May 4, 2021 Scott Carpenter Anchor An Iowa family said Southwest Airlines refused to let them board their flight home when their son with autism couldn t wear his face mask. Instead of flying into the Des Moines Airport on Sunday, the Petek family said they had to drive home from St. Louis.They said the airline refused to let them into their connecting flight. After a vacation in Florida, Cody and Paige Petek and their two children were set to fly back to Des Moines. During their layover in St. Louis, their 5-year-old son was struggling to wear his face mask due to his sensory processing disorder.Their son is non-verbal, has autism and a sensory processing disorder. Dr. Vince Hassel was also flying back to Des Moines. He said people started lobbying to get the boy on board when the Southwest Airlines crew refused. They weren t going to let the kid on the plane if he didn t put his mask on, Hassel said. He just wasn t ....