Muses To Restore Autistic Girl’s Faith In Carnival After Abusive Comments

The Krewe of Muses is opening its den — and members’ hearts — to restore the faith of an 11-year-old autistic girl who was mistreated by parade-goers last Thursday.

Amy Mueller told WDSU her daughter, Emily, was ridiculed by a group of possibly drunken teenagers or young adults as she stood along the parade route. The Muses parade is something Emily looked forward to each year, but after being targeted by abusive comments, she and her mother left and went home.

 The incident became widely knows after Mueller posted about it on an Internet blog, which went viral across social media. That’s when members of the krewe stepped in. Krewe members responded to Mueller’s post in the comments, with some saying they wanted to give her daughter special Muses shoes, which the daughter was looking forward to all year.

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