Dustin Reed, a parent of one of the students, is planning a protest at the Cracker Barrel in Waldorf, Maryland.
A group of students with disabilities visited a Cracker Barrel in Waldorf, Maryland and were refused service, according to school officials, leading to community outcry and a planned protest. that 11 students with disabilities and seven staff members visited the restaurant on Dec. 3. The field trip was part of a community-based instruction program meant to hone life skills, including interacting with others in public spaces like retail shops and restaurants.
“While waiting, I asked to speak to the manager on duty and the general manager,” reads a portion of the letter, which explained that the group was seated in a closed section in the back of the restaurant while their takeout order was being filled. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyspoke to NBC affiliate WRC-TV in Washington
“Just because they have different abilities than we do doesn’t mean that they’re less than we are,” Penrod told WRC-TV. “They deserve to be treated like human beings, they deserve to be loved, they deserve to be cared for. They deserve to have morale given to them.”“Our missteps last week were unfortunate but were unrelated to the students’ capabilities,” a representative for Cracker Barrel tells TODAY.
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