This policy protects the well-being and safety of all children in Småland." IKEA spokeswoman Mona Liss said it's corporate policy that "only authorized IKEA co-workers are allowed in the Småland/playroom. Noah’s parents said they offered to take him out of his wheelchair themselves but were told it’s against store policy to allow parents into the play area. She said she was told employees are not allowed to touch the children, so they couldn't help him out of his wheelchair. She explained to the employee that Noah does not need one-on-one care, just help out of his wheelchair. “(The employee) said they cannot provide one-on-one care,” Crystal Harper said. “He is not a medically fragile child, he can just transfer out (of his wheelchair) and crawl around,” his mother said.Īfter consulting with a manager, the IKEA employee informed her that her son would not be allowed in. He uses a wheelchair and a reverse walker to help him get around. Noah was born prematurely and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. “(The employee) said, ‘We'll, she'll pass (pointing to Ava), but I don't know if he will (pointing to Noah),'" she said. When attempting to sign Noah and Ava into the Småland play area, she said the employees informed her they "couldn’t allow Noah inside." “It wasn't busy, so that's why I thought, 'I'll take the kids in there,'" Crystal Harper said. The couple, along with their two children, Noah, 10 and Ava, 8, went to the IKEA in Draper on Sunday. “They're obviously making us feel unwelcome there, so I don't want to go where I'm not welcome,” Jeff Harper said. Jeff and Crystal Harper, of Herriman, say they will take their furniture business elsewhere after their son was turned away from the IKEA Småland play area.
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