Achilles McKellar had flown on at least 10 flights without any issues over wearing a face mask ever since turning 2 years old, according to his father
SPOKANE, Wash. — , Rand McKellar.
For this particular flight, however, Rand McKellar said he was told to call a number for possible rebooking and to request an exemption. The McKellars said the issue arose as they attempted to board their flight to Seattle en route to Mexico. Achilles was crying on his way to the gate, his parents said.
“I thought that maybe one of their motivations was just that they didn’t want a crying child on the airplane,” Rand McKellar said, “and I think that’s absolutely ridiculous and pretty discriminatory against an autistic child who has a harder time calming himself down.” The situation took place nearly two weeks before the federal mandate requiring mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs is set to end April 19.Exceptions to the mask mandate are allowed for people with intellectual, developmental, cognitive or psychiatric disabilities that affect “the person’s ability to understand the need to remove a mask if breathing becomes obstructed,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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