FLINT, MI - When Steven Brewer took his family out for dinner one evening last year, he never expected the experience would change his life.

A longtime Flint resident, Brewer said he and his wife MacKenzie were sitting in a restaurant with their sons, Theus, 10, and Loki, 8, both of whom are level 3 nonverbal and on the autism spectrum.

As the boys made noises at the table, a person sitting behind them grew frustrated.

“Me and my wife went out for dinner one evening, a lady behind us said some pretty rude stuff and that’s what started this,” Brewer said. “Everybody started to be mean back to the lady and I told everybody that’s being a little bit of a hypocrite.”

Brewer said the woman admitted she was exhausted from work and upset with his sons’ behavior.

“She said it was selfish of m

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