BOSTON -- The Littlejohn family's much-anticipated trip together to Walt Disney World last fall never made it past Logan International Airport.
Henry was spooked by the glass elevator. Ambient airport noise — the unexpected beeps, the loudspeaker announcements — almost proved too much for a 6-year-old with autism.
"We thought we had him settled" on the plane, said Erik Littlejohn. "But then a guy behind him opened his window shade."
Henry melted. He cried and kicked, and takeoff was delayed when his parents could not buckle his seat belt. The family made a wrenching decision: Mom and Henry got off the plane and went home to Holliston; Dad and Henry’s 7-year-old brother went on to Disney World.
The Littlejohns knew there had to be a better way
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