I've never heard anyone claim that there is absolutely zero abuse.
Every time someone like my sister takes a spot in the DAS line she is making an actual autistic child wait longer and impacting their actual legitimate use.
Not saying these writers didn't get the news from Disney but I can tell you they often scan blogs and forums and use these posts as "facts".
Actually, from Disney’s perspective, it doesn’t really matter what the level of abuse is. If so many people are using it DAS that it negatively impacts park operations, they have every right to modify accommodations.
I don’t work in health care, but I do work in communications… I refer to this as Writing by Committee.
Key. Offer accommodation to fit the need.
Appropriate yet reasonable. No business is required to provide accommodations that negatively affect business operations, even if those accommodations would be considered appropriate by those seeking them.
Reminds me of the issues we had at the airline I worked for. Too many frequent flyers at the hub airports. Priority boarding didn't mean anything as half the plane had priority boarding. It led to adjustments in the benefits.
I watched this video, and if it went down as the tik-toker indicates, then her situation was a Disney CM training issue. Sharing a diagnosis was never intended to be enough to get a DAS pass, so if the CM didn't ask any further questions, then that's absolutely on Disney's training.
I wasn’t aware. I’ve never been on Tic toc. Pretty eye opening to me.
In general I agree with you. WRT to the having had surgery - it depends on what the surgery was for and what the impact of it is on the person. If the surgery resulted in mobility impairment alone, then yes - agreed, that should be solved with a wheelchair or stroller as a wheelchair for the child (whichever fits the need best). But it's not like mobility is the only thing surgery can impact.
It was probably smart to take this potentially stressful interaction out of the CMs in the parks. They have enough on their plates too.
The CM the woman spoke to wasn't in the parks. She clearly describes pre-registration, which is the same process that CMs will continue to be doing the calls by with this new training. So Disney needs to up its game on training those CMs, or hte outcomes will likely continue to be similar.
No, she said she sent her party for drinks at starbucks and walked into a place on mainstreet? Maybe I’m wrong. I think he point was it was pretty easy which was a good thing.
The posts I see are for a healthy child who has an unexpected surgery done before a trip:
I think we're talking about different videos. That wasn't the video that i'd clicked on. But with the clear request to stop posting links, I've edited that link out of my original post and will not revisit.
