McDonald's allegedly sacked autistic worker for having 'shaky hands'

A Miami McDonald’s branch has allegedly fired an employee with autism before he had completed his first week of work.

The employee, aged 19, has mild autism which the branch in question was aware of before employing him.

Sharing his plight on Twitter, his sister, Angelica Selena Martinez said that he was fired due to having ‘shaky’ hands when anxious.

my brother was fired from mcdonald's slowly based off discrimination. he has mild autism and was super excited about starting his first day. not even a week in and they let him go. their reasoning? "his hands were a little too shaky when he gets anxious" @McDonalds pic.twitter.com/bNvnnYFb2i

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