The 2nd OP article shows the mother said:
Torres said she was never offered the chance to relocate. The group was already sitting near the rear of the 3,100-seat theater and the only people bothered by Nadia were the ushers, she said.
I have looked at several other articles and none give the information about her refusing to be accommodated to another seat or glassed in area:
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130618/NEWS/306180324
"They did not ask me to leave; they told me I had to leave," said Torres, ......
Torres insists she was never offered other seats. She said because the audio was very loud and they were seated in the rear of the theater, Nadia didn't seem to be bothering anybody except the ushers.
Attorney Christine Griffin, executive director of the Massachusetts Disabilities Law Center, said this is not uncommon.
"I think that if there really weren't legitimate complaints (from other attendees) "» and they didn't really attempt to accommodate them in a better way yeah, that would be discrimination," she said.
Griffin said what happened could have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of public accommodation, as well as exclusion, segregation and unequal treatment........
Lisa Condit, marketing director of the Hanover Theatre in Worcester, said that about two years ago the theater had a boy with cerebral palsy rocking and singing along with a musical. Several people complained both during and after the show, Condit said, but they decided to leave him be.
"Our operations manager knew and felt strongly that our mission is to foster love and appreciation ... and we couldn't ask this family to leave because he could not control his reaction," Condit said.
Although audience members were disgruntled, the more they learned about the situation the less it bothered them, Condit said.........more.......
