- Target:
- American Airlines
- Region:
- United States of America
American Airlines has shown a pattern of refusing service to persons with special needs and their families.
In August they prohibited a non-verbal autistic teen from using her iPad (her only form of communication) during a flight. Just recently, this same airline barred a teen with down syndrome and his family from boarding because the airline employees didn't want him to disrupt the first class passengers.
This young man has flown before and was not being disruptive in any way. It is clear that their policies regarding people in the special needs community are in serious need of review and renovation.
We, the undersigned, demand that American Airlines reform their policies regarding the treatment of passengers with special needs.
On multiple occasions, the civil rights of individuals with special needs have been violated by American Airlines staff.
This needs to stop immediately, or we will be forced to exercise our rights as consumers to take our business elsewhere.
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The Boycott American Airlines for Discriminatory Practices petition to American Airlines was written by Annie Dorado and is in the category Civil Rights at GoPetition.