The manager did not seem very apologetic at the time.”Parker was eager to see the BFI screening and has watched the film eight times, according to her mother, who went to collect her daughter after she was thrown out. She was dragged out shouting: ‘I’m sorry, I have Asperger’s.’ She was incredibly upset,” he said. Have just witnessed a woman with Aspergers being forcibly removed from a @BFI screening. @BFI aside, it's the public reaction that has upset many of us. Harris said the NAS would be reaching out to the BFI to discuss ways to improve its staff members’ understanding of autism.

Source: The Guardian April 30, 2018 11:05 UTC