A mother spent months preparing her six-year-old daughter Emma for her first airplane trip after the death of the girl’s father. Because Emma was autistic and watching the clouds helped keep her calm, her mother reserved a window seat well in advance. But when they boarded, another passenger was sitting there. Although the flight attendant confirmed the seat had originally been Emma’s before an aircraft change created confusion, the woman refused to move. Rather than worsen Emma’s distress, her mother reluctantly took different sea…Continue Reading
