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Old Aug 4, 2016 | 10:19 am
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CHOPCHOP767
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Originally Posted by legallyblond
An artfully prepared letter to the president of AA explaining that you will be sharing your story with Autism Speaks and TACA so that other families with family members on the spectrum will be educated on how AA has NOT trained their staff to address ASD and the epidemic that ASD is. I have 2 nephews on the spectrum, and I do not I think I would have been as calm as you. Perhaps AA is unaware of the numbers of children diagnosed. This makes me very angry! Maybe, if they have a good heart they may adopt Autism as an organization to help sponsor....one could only hope.
I would posit that the charities/foundations cited have much more pressing concerns than a misunderstanding between an FA and a passenger so I would not waste their time with this ...
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