disabled daughter away for not wearing a face mask - and allegedly asked to prove she is deaf. Eight-year-old Sadie-Grace Muller had gone to the Costwold Outdoor store in Newcastle on August 6 with her mum Julie Muller.
The family had been preparing for a trip to the Lake District for a holiday. The pair are exempt from wearing a covering as Sadie-Grace needs to lip read to communicate.But Julie said staff at the shop had asked her to prove her daughter was deaf.
Julie told ChronicleLive : "We went to go in and we were stopped at the door by a lady. She said 'Where's your mask?' "I said 'I'm exempt because my daughter's deaf and she needs to be able to read my lips.'"She went 'Have you got proof?', I said 'You can have a look on her head.'.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk