Developmentally Disabled Adults Allege Discrimination At Halloween Store

WHITE PLAINS, NY — An organization that works with people who have developmental disabilities is saying that a pop-up Halloween store in White Plains kicked out — without reason — a group of its young adults shopping for costumes. Rose Rothe, executive director of Yorktown-based nonprofit SPARC, Inc., said eight young adults and two staff members went into Halloween Headquarters on Mamaroneck Avenue and were told by a store employee to leave.

The young adults, who were not disruptive, were upset and humiliated by the experience, the Journal News said.

A Journal News reporter went to the store but was told no one was available for comment.

For more details, read the Journal News here.

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