A 25-year-old autistic woman was humiliated and thrown out from cinema in London for laughing too loud. Tamsin Parker was watching her favorite movie ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ at the British Film Institute (BFI) with two of her friends. The incident occurred when someone from the audience complained about Parker laughing and disturbing others post which she was removed by the BFI staff.
Parker, who is an artist and animator, was eager to see the BFI screening and has watched the film eight times, according to her mother, Lydia Parker.
Lydia, a theatre director, went to pick her daughter up after she was thrown out and said that she was in floods of tears and scared. Lydia added that while her daughter was being forcibly thrown out, some members of the audience applauded the BFI staff act. “My daughter said ‘I am autistic’ and a man said: ‘You’re retarded.’ Another man even abused her but was later thrown out as well,” Lydia was stated.
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Unfortunately, it was Tamsin’s birthday on the day when she was subjected to such humiliation. The BFI later apologized for the treatment meted out to the woman and said in a statement: “We are taking this situation extremely seriously and this morning we have been investigating further … We can and must do better in accommodating all the needs of our customers and we will be addressing what additional provisions and staff training we can put in place.”
Lydia, who is also speaking to a lawyer about the incident and said, “It would be nice to arrange a screening for Tamsin and her friends. The manager did not seem very apologetic at the time.”
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