A Liverpool mum decided to cancel her family holiday after claiming a "traumatic" Manchester Airport experience left her autistic child distressed.
Luna Muñoz, a career coaching consultant from Liverpool, was supposed to fly to Boston from Manchester Airport with her child Eli, 15, to see their family on June 1 after not seeing them for three years. Luna asked about the special assistance that Eli is entitled to which includes giving the teen more time to process instructions and finding ways in which they would be comfortable being searched.
When Eli and their mum got to the airport, they set off the metal detector and were made the subject of a search. Luna said she tried to speak to staff about the best way to approach the search that would be manageable but Eli had already been touched on the back and shoulder despite Eli crying and showing distress.
