Tictok is just a weird entity in itself. It really is sad how people see something on that forum and actually believe it to be true. But again, this is where Disney could do a better job of getting information out there.
I have read every single post in this discussion and no one is getting hysterical. Come on.
Can you imagine having a big, air conditioned space, possibly with them selling snacks just for those with disabilities? Everyone would want to be let into this amazing lounge. LOL
Yes! All I was seeing was extreme political posts and I don’t know how I got there - I kept trying to “teach” tik tok that all I wanted was Disney, Muppets, trains, and classic Mitch hedburg clips but they didn’t understand the assignment lol
The new DAS is not diagnosis based. Even the old DAS was not supposed to be diagnosis based.
Are you talking about TikTok?
It’s definitely this. Again I point to the poster in this thread who bragged that he used his “heat sensitivity” disability to also avoid waiting in air conditioned queues because “Disney’s IT was too incompetent to stop him.” That type of abuse was almost certainly widespread; People with legitimate disabilities who were nonetheless using a service they did not need.
No, I thought that you meant this forum.
That I can agree with whole heartedly. There is still ways to clarify how systems will work without spilling so much they're worried about people gaming the system.
A document notarized and signed by the disabled guest and/or their guardian, from a doctor or medically qualified person stating 1. The person in question 2. Their disability 3. Exactly the what and why of their diagnosis that specifically affects their ability to wait in line physically. Disney then requires signature on a document attesting this document was not fraudulent and the consequences of such (lifetime ban and/or legal consequences of forgery)
Unless there were posts deleted by mods that I didn't see, nobody has told you specifically that you don't need DAS. It should be obvious to anyone that not everyone disability requires DAS and nothing else could possibly work. That is a fact. It may or may not apply to your situation - I don't know because I haven't seen you post any details about your condition (and you are perfectly within your rights to not share that information here). The point is, posters pointing out that not every disability orevery autistic person requires DAS is not directed at you. We're just stating a general fact without directing it at you.
I think this was just a confusion of communication. I was stating that comments and videos on tiktok were getting hysterical. Things have been much more level headed here. I actually tried to tell a few different people to come here to see if it helped provide them clarification.
In all fairness doctors do sometimes throw documents around like that like candy.
It’s the #3 that’s REALLY important. I worry drs will just write it for people in wheelchairs because they are asked (in my example it’s someone who could still wait in line and just had mobility issues). I honestly don’t think it would be that hard to get my dr to write this for me or my husband’s dr for him (and it’s our son, not us who has gotten DAS in the past). I could tell my dr there’s an option for people with anxiety but I need her signature on a document and I bet she would do it. Now is that right or wrong? Hard to say… I just don’t think it would fix the problem.
This. The number one thing people stupidly admit to at my work all the time when turning in accomidation/disability paperwork is the Dr asking them what they want so they include what they want on the form. They basically admit the doctor just puts in what they tell them to.
Again will the doctor be willing to sign a notarized document WITH the specific reasons and symptoms? I feel that is a barrier to exaggeration as most doctors won’t sign a legal document as such if they don’t personally evaluate and know that those are your actual symptoms
Hence the second layer where you sign an affidavit to Disney outlining the penalties if lying. It’s similar to when people sign documents under penalty of perjury, most of the time it’s not checked up on but just the threat of such a severe consequence gets most people to be honest or think twice
