An autistic teenager and her family were reportedly kicked off a United Airlines flight because the captain was not “comfortable” flying the plane with her on board.
Donna Beegle, the mother of autistic 15-year-old Juliette Forbes, spoke to KOIN 6 about her family’s ordeal on the flight from Orlando, Florida, with a connecting flight in Houston, Texas, to Portland, Oregon.
“She started getting a little upset and I started thinking, ‘You know what? She didn’t eat her dinner,” Beegle said. “I know her, when she gets overhungry or overthirsty, she really struggles because she can’t tell us and she gets really frustrated.” Read the full story here ▶
