Ste11aeres
Well-Known Member
Some of you may have heard about the man who was dragged, unconscious and bleeding off a United Airlines plane by security. He had done nothing wrong; the only thing that happened was that United Airlines decided to force some passengers off, due to a combination of overbooking and their own employees needing to travel, and he said he could not give up his seat. Several details have left me wondering whether he could be on the autistic spectrum. For example, his sharp scream when security touched him, (before they actually injured him) could indicate a sensory sensitivity, or an aversion to touch. Perhaps his insistence itself on getting back on time, would a neurotypical have complied?
A google search reveals the 2015 story of how a woman and her daughter...her daughter who was quiet and causing no problems, were kicked off a United Airlines flight after the mother let slip that her daughter was autistic. The surrounding passengers all agreed that the girl was not being disruptive.
And then there's TSA. And the story of the partially blind, partially deaf, and partially paralyzed girl with a brain tumor which left her easily confused, who was slammed to the ground, left bleeding and covered with bruises, when she instinctively flinched away from the hands of armed security after her shirt set off the metal detector.
I don't really know what to say about all of these. It seems, airlines operate according to rules which work well most of the time, for "normal" people, at least. But we're seeing what happens when there's the slightest bit of non-compliance, such as may happen when someone has sensory difficulties, or aversion to touch, or confusion at following exact instructions, or whatever it may be.
A google search reveals the 2015 story of how a woman and her daughter...her daughter who was quiet and causing no problems, were kicked off a United Airlines flight after the mother let slip that her daughter was autistic. The surrounding passengers all agreed that the girl was not being disruptive.
And then there's TSA. And the story of the partially blind, partially deaf, and partially paralyzed girl with a brain tumor which left her easily confused, who was slammed to the ground, left bleeding and covered with bruises, when she instinctively flinched away from the hands of armed security after her shirt set off the metal detector.
I don't really know what to say about all of these. It seems, airlines operate according to rules which work well most of the time, for "normal" people, at least. But we're seeing what happens when there's the slightest bit of non-compliance, such as may happen when someone has sensory difficulties, or aversion to touch, or confusion at following exact instructions, or whatever it may be.