Mother outraged after car salesman drives daughter with Down Syndrome to dealership [Video]

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When is it appropriate for a business to decline service to an individual with cognitive or developmental disabilities?

That’s the question a mother in Abilene, Texas, and a local Honda dealership, are pondering after a situation arose involving her 27-year-old daughter, Hope, who has Down Syndrome.

On Tuesday, Angie Martin, Hope’s mother, returned home to find that her daughter was missing from their home. Martin has full guardianship over her daughter, and was concerned that she may have been in danger, according to KTAB.

She was shocked and confused to learn that her daughter had been picked up and driven to a local Honda dealership by a sales associate.

After some questioning, Martin learned that her daughter had called the Honda dealership multiple times to tell them that she …