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Disability Discrimination at the Altar: Man with Autism Sues After Being Barred from Father’s Bergen County Funeral

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“Conduct So Outrageous”: Lawsuit Claims Man with Autism Was Taunted and Barred from WWII Veteran Father’s Funeral, Causing Severe Distress

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Englewood NJ, a Day of Grief Turns to Discrimination in Englewood. A heartbreaking civil rights and discrimination lawsuit was filed on December 4, 2024, alleging that a man with autism was subjected to verbal abuse and restricted from attending his own father’s funeral at Community Baptist Church on First Street in Englewood, New Jersey.

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