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Just saying what could happen… hence why there is a big concern for abuse. I won’t respond to your questions anymore

I can give you a made up scenario if you would like that can highlight the issue. It might be a bit long but bear with me. This is overly simplified to make it easier to describe… A family of 4 with DAS. All lines are 60min for simplicity sake. Has pre book for Thunder mountain at 9am. Gets...

@ditzee please ignore my last post. I hadn’t refreshed and wasn’t trying to beat a dead horse. I deleted it.

Before the last change, 1% was taking up 30% of ride capacity. It was disclosed in the court case when they switched to DAS… at least Len mentioned that a few months ago and intend to trust his data because that’s kind of what he does. If that was true, 8% taking up 70% is actually weirdly an...

If you want a physician perspective, of the people who have disabilities, the percentage that would require this kind of accommodation is pretty low. I’d say less than 10% of all the people I see with disabilities would have one that prevents them from waiting in a line. Of the 27% of the...

please don’t believe that I am not sympathetic. I do this every day as my job. I was talking about general practice, and would never actually suggest exposure therapy while on vacation at Disney… hence the last sentence of my post.

This is a good take in my opinion. Many times the way to improve the behaviors associated with things like autism is to expose them to the situation. Avoidance doesn’t help. Not that anyone wants to do that while on vacation…

The reality is the person assigning the passes is going to have no qualifications. The only difference is that instead of a random CM with no qualifications, a random IBCCES person with no qualifications.

When I write letters it is rare that I have to disclose the diagnosis. A letter stating what accommodations are needed is sufficient with the exception of employer disability stuff and long as it isn’t related to a government benefit. Also, I’m not sure HIPAA really applies in this situation...

It turns out they were sued over it at the end of last year and lost. It is no longer a requirement. I found a DOJ case record and later found it in an internal email I got as adjunct faculty.

For what it’s worth, this is a major public univeristy. I’m not going to disclose who because there are people who can probably figure out who I am based on this info - which is a huge no no in psychiatry. This school is so well known, I think they would have been sued over this already...

Ok thanks for the clarification

In my case, a letter that attests to needing an accessible seat was all they needed. I didn’t have to state what the disability is or provide a diagnosis. In fact the instructions specifically stated I shouldn’t. Same thing applies to emotional support animals. I suspect that’s the “work...

hmm, idk then. I’ll ask him about it next time I see him. It was just a letter stating he needed an accessible seat. This place finds creative ways to do unethical things, so it wouldn’t surprise me.

Maybe… I’m not the lawyer. Just trying to help out my patient who needed it.

That was my thought. Just off the top of my head, I’ve had to provide documentation for employment accommodations, testing conditions, school accommodations (both grade school and university), obtaining accessible stadium seating, and emotional support pets (which I don’t generally do)… I don’t...

While I’m obviously biased, I fully believe the documentation is appropriate. Physicians and some other very specific authorities diagnose people with disabilities - they don’t diagnose themselves. If someone needs a second opinion… they can get a second opinion. Just today, I had four intakes...

Yeah that was kind of what I was getting at. I don’t expect them to be proactive. I feel like companies are typically reactive because being proactive has high costs and that isn’t appealing to shareholders. The market will force them to adapt, and then the may attempt to do things quickly. I...

TBA indicates they can work faster than the general tone of the thread will give them credit for. I have high expectations of Disney… so I am no apologist, but if they want to move fast, they can I bet.

The waits aren’t too bad right now. 90min for barnstormer? Count me in! /s