WALLKILL, N.Y. -- The family of a disabled 7-year-old boy wants an apology from a movie theater after the manager threw him out for laughing too loudly.
The parents of Anthony Pratti said it happened Sunday in Wallkill, when they took their son to see "March of the Penquins."
The boy has cerebral palsy and autism. The family said he was enjoying the movie from his wheelchair when a theater worker said he was laughing too loudly, and would have to leave. Gina Pratti said they would try to have their son laugh more quietly, but the manager wanted him to leave.
She said she was dumbfounded when the manager told them the entire family didn't have to go, just the boy in the wheelchair.
The manager refunded everyone's money.
A representative of Loews Cineplex told a Middletown newspaper they are looking into the matter.
The parents of Anthony Pratti said it happened Sunday in Wallkill, when they took their son to see "March of the Penquins."
The boy has cerebral palsy and autism. The family said he was enjoying the movie from his wheelchair when a theater worker said he was laughing too loudly, and would have to leave. Gina Pratti said they would try to have their son laugh more quietly, but the manager wanted him to leave.
She said she was dumbfounded when the manager told them the entire family didn't have to go, just the boy in the wheelchair.
The manager refunded everyone's money.
A representative of Loews Cineplex told a Middletown newspaper they are looking into the matter.
