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September 4, 2012 4:53 PM

Down syndrome teen refused flight on American Airlines

<p>LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A family claims they couldn't board their cross-country flight to Los Angeles after their son was singled out and discriminated against because he has Down syndrome.</p> <p>Joan and Robert Vanderhorst were flying on American Airlines from Newark, New Jersey to Los Angeles on Sunday with their 16-year-old son Bede.</p> <p>Full story at <a href="http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-family-kicked-off-flight-downs-syndrome,0,1076711.story">KTLA</a></blockquote></p> <p>So sad. My heart aches for this family.</p> <p><em><strong><big>And to think Air Trans was 100% accommodating to our son Jonny - 20 years alod with Down syndrome - when he flew alone to and from Florida last month!</big></strong></em></p> <a id="more"></a> <div style='padding-top:10px;'> Love, <div style='padding-top:10px;'> <img alt="signature.gif" src="http://www.mommylife.net/archives/signature.gif" width="110" height="50" /> </div></div> <p class="posted"> Posted in <a href="http://mommylife.net/archives/down_syndrome/">Down syndrome</a>, <a href="http://mommylife.net/archives/disabilities/">Disabilities</a> | <a href="http://mommylife.net/archives/2012/09/boy_with_down_s.html">Permalink</a> </p> <h2><a id="comments"></a>Comments </h2> <h2>Post a comment</h2> <form method="post" action="http://mommylife.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi" name="comments_form" onsubmit="if (this.bakecookie.checked) rememberMe(this)" > <input type="hidden" name="static" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="11588" /> <div id="comment-data"> <p><label for="author">Name:</label><br /> <input tabindex="1" id="author" name="author" /></p> <p><label for="email">Email Address:</label><br /> <input tabindex="2" id="email" name="email" /></p> <p><label for="url">URL:</label><br /> <input tabindex="3" id="url" name="url" /></p> </div> <p><label for="comment-bake-cookie"><input type="checkbox" id="comment-bake-cookie" name="bakecookie" onclick="if (!this.checked) forgetMe(document.comments_form)" value="1" tabindex="5" />Remember personal info?</label></p> <br style="clear: both;" /> <div class="quicktags"><p><label for="text">Comments:</label> <script src="/mt-static/scripts/js_quicktags.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">edToolbar();</script> <textarea tabindex="4" id="text" name="text" rows="10" cols="50"></textarea><script type="text/javascript">var edCanvas = document.getElementById('text');</script></p> </div> <br /> <style type="text/css">label.tinyturing { display:block; } label.tinyturing:first-letter {font-weight:bold;font-size:120%;}</style> <label class="tinyturing">Liquidate comment spam by typing the first letter of this sentence here:</label> <input type="text" name="tinyturing" style="width:30px;" /> <input type="hidden" name="8Db6Sn1X.qw" value="1" /> <br /> <div align="center"> <input tabindex="6" type="submit" name="preview" value=" Preview " /> <input tabindex="7" style="font-weight: bold;" type="submit" name="post" value=" Submit " /> </div> </form> </div> </div> <div id="right"> <div class="sidebar" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;"> <div class="photo" style='width:144px;margin-left:4px;margin-bottom:2px;border:4px solid #99cc66;'> <img alt="CurtisB-150-Edit-6.jpg" src="http://mommylife.net/archives/2009/11/02/CurtisB-150-Edit-6.jpg" width="144" height="180" class="mt-image-none" style="" /> </div> <div class="sidebarlink" style="line-height:100%;text-align:center;color:#5588bb;"> <strong>Mother of 12 lives<br /> to write about it!</strong> </div> <br /> <div class="sidebarlink"> <a href='http://mommylife.net/books.php'><img src="http://mommylife.net/images/barbarabooks.jpg" alt="Barbara's Books" /></a> </div> <div class="sidebarlink" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:11px;padding:15px 0;"> <div style="line-height:100%;font-size:14px;text-align:center"> <b><span style='color:#2159d6'>G</span><span style='color:#c61800'>o</span><span style='color:#efba00'>o</span><span style='color:#2159d6'>g</span><span style='color:#109618'>l</span><span style='color:#c61800'>e</span></b> this site<br />for any subject: <div style='margin:8px 0;'><span style='padding:2px 4px;border:1px solid #94CC7A;background:#A9DA92;'><a href='http://mommylife.net/search.html'>Search</a></span></div> </div><br> <center><script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('ec6f8481-8851-4085-ad9d-0e60b66393f1');</script><noscript>Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/mommylife">MommyLife</a> widget and many other <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/">great free widgets</a> at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>! 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