A Johnson County teen says she was discriminated against

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. A Johnson County teen says she was discriminated against, labeled as disabled and denied an opportunity at the Scheels in Overland Park.

Her mother said the popular sporting good store canada goose outlet jackets has no written policy to prevent it from happening again.

Students said the class is canada goose outlet store half made up of kids with special learning needs and half peer students who canada goose jacket outlet work canada goose outlet canada with them. They said they usually ride the Ferris wheel in pairs.

That night, Kathryn’s parents got Scheels on the canada goose outlet new york city phone.

“The store manager at the canada goose outlet nyc time said he hadn’t heard about the incident, but he could confirm they had a policy that everybody needs to be able to understand and follow the uk canada goose outlet rules,” her mother Karen Embry said.

Karen’s issue is that no one ever asked Kathryn if she canada goose outlet uk sale understood, and the staff that day didn’t cite that rule. Karen said they told the cheap Canada Goose group something different.

“They said everybody with disabilities in the group, you need to have a person who’s an adult chaperone,” she said.

Karen never got a copy Canada Goose Jackets of any written policy from the company, and WDAF couldn’t find one when researching Scheels online.

“The thing is, canada goose black friday sale Kathryn has Down Syndrome, so you can look at her and see that she has a disability,” Karen said. “But it says nothing about what her capabilities are. She can read the rules. She can follow the rules.”

“Just because someone might look different than canada goose outlet someone else you shouldn’t assume their capabilities. Kathryn can do uk canada goose anything we can do,” McGruder said.

The group understands Scheels may have safety concerns, but her friends take issue with the inconsistency.

“I’ve been on the Scheels trip before. They’ve let other students with disabilities ride with peer tutors,” Kramer said. “They told her she couldn’t even ride with a peer, https://www.chinese-sharpei.de with another student, which is just outrageous.”

Kathryn did get to ride that canada goose day. But they only let her on with an adult chaperone even though she’s 18.

Ultimately, her supporters said it’s not about the ride.

“It’s more than just the Ferris wheel,” Kramer said. canadian goose jacket “It’s the fact that they looked at her and discriminated against her because of how she looked. She is our good luck charm, so we had to help fight back for her.”

“We’re not here about a canada goose canada goose outlet outlet online boycott and [to] shut down a business that’s been very generous in our community,” Kathryn’s family canada goose outlet uk said. “We’re about educating not just the community at large, but business about how even if it’s unintentional, it’s still illegal and it’s still wrong cheap canada goose because it perpetuates stereotypes and it hurts a population, especially who are hitting this canada goose uk outlet young adult stage.”

“We are proud that Blue Valley employees have the best interests of our students at heart. The physical and emotional well being of our students is always a top priority. We appreciate the efforts of our community partners to keep our kids safe through equitable practices.”.