Comments on: The Very Unfriendly Skies

By: Traveling Without Your Child—Still Not So Easy

Traveling Without Your Child—Still Not So Easy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:26:19 +0000

[...] has seen its share of discussion of the challenges of traveling with special needs children (on airplanes, in particular); more recently, there’s been discussion of traveling with autism assistance dogs, too. The August 12th International Herald Tribune describes [...]

By: Into the Wild Blue Yonder

Into the Wild Blue Yonder — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:21:40 +0000

[...] light of stories earlier this summer about autistic children being removed from airplanes and the skies being less than friendly for autism assistance dogs too, this story is, well, a bit [...]

By: Packing For the Road

Packing For the Road — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:00:15 +0000

[...] noted in an article in today’s Ledger (Florida)—-when you hit the road/maybe not so friendly skies/boat/etc. with an autistic relative? Tags: Airplane, asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, car, [...]

By: Regan

Regan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:54:16 +0000

This story mentioned this specific case but also some strategies and destinations,
Don’t avoid traveling with special needs kids
Eileen Ogintz
Connecticut Post

By: Excluded: Sorry, it’s not your right « What Sorts of People

Excluded: Sorry, it’s not your right « What Sorts of People — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:20:50 +0000

[...] needs children, being removed (physically, in some cases) from public spaces: A Minnesota church, more than one airplane, a kindergarten classroom. I’ve followed many of these cases on my autism [...]

By: More Unfriendly Skies

More Unfriendly Skies — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:00:37 +0000

[...] Jarret Farrell, and his mother were removed from an American Eagle airplane—looks like the very unfriendly skies are even not getting any friendlier. And the summer traveling season is not even halfway [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:34:20 +0000

I have to say, the airlines exhibited what I would call “catastrophic thinking.”

By: MikeO'Neill

MikeO'Neill — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:20:30 +0000

OMG – just watched the video
I am seriously considering taking a sign and finding the closest sidewalk to the airport
“Shame on unAmerican Airlines, Let Jerret fly!”

By: MikeO'Neill

MikeO'Neill — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:11:09 +0000

lol
I have not heard back from the second complaint I filed with them. Their first response included ” Farrel’s son’s behavior contributed .to uncomfortable..”. I then sent them a segment of the DOT horizons document (link posted above by someone else) indicating passenger and attendant discomfort is not a grounds for removal of a passenger with disabilities.

By: Regan

Regan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:06:56 +0000

Video
Witness disagrees with American Airlines
Fri 6/27 WTVD Raleigh-Durham