Beaches are now beginning to provide accessible ramps and walkways to the beach along with beach wheelchairs available to rent, so not sure this is the argument you want to make.
Listen i understand what the other person posted but you see my point why choosing to wait willingly is not always the best option for someone with DAS …. Its like why take a chance. If wait times were accurate great but as i said its not a normal occurrence but its also not a one off either…. Its easy to criticize people who use DAS but i assure you those who legit need it would love to trade in any disability to be able to wait in a 60 minute line…
The accommodation literally would have been a 5 min wait which in theory is a walk on with the grace they give you… So yea i chose to “wait” instead of walking on and it bit me in the a$$….
Is it also being over diagnosed? A adult in his mid-30s I personally know incredibly well was diagnosed with it a year or two ago, and when he told me and the other person in the room at a time, we both did a double take and said, “Really…?” I’m not going to go into personal details, but…it honestly seemed ridiculous. And knowing that, I can honestly see why Disney doesn’t need to give out a DAS pass to everyone who says they have autism, regardless of official diagnosis or not.
It’s important to remember that there is no way that you know everything about another persons life - they may have unique struggles and challenges and do really well at hiding / overcoming those issues when out and about in life.
I might have watched some queue walk throughs recently to find the easiest exit spots....Didn't you hear? Being trapped a bazillion switchbacks deep halfway up a resistance base with no easy exit is EXACTLY like paying for your groceries if you just ~practice~ like I'm CURED
The thing about autism is that it is very much a spectrum, not a binary "you have it or you don't" situation. At one point on the spectrum you may have someone who is very classically autistic. At another you may have someone who is very classically "Asperger's" (although that's no longer an official term). But beyond that, you may have someone who in previous years might have been considered a bit eccentric overall, or someone who "had their quirks". Because it's a spectrum, many neurotypical people have some autistic traits to one degree or another (rigidity, sensory sensitivities, unusual attention to detail, etc.)
Correct, people say it all the time with nothing to back it up.
This. And this is why I'm so baffled on how they are gonna measure this to distribute DAS and what qualifies the administrator as the judge of one's DAS.
Based on the few reports I’ve seen so far, it looks like they are denying DAS to those who are Level 1, particularly if they are adults. My guess is that they know this is going to end up in court, but Genie+ is so profitable that Disney is willing to go that route in an attempt to decrease DAS users in the LL.
Oh really? What was Disney's reasonable accommodation for these folks? That's nuts and super unfortunate for those individuals.
I’m extrapolating from a very small number of cases, so there may be a better picture with time… I didn’t read about other accommodations offered, just that DAS was not issued.
Sounds highly unnecessary and like a huge headache for Disney in the long run. Let's see if they really know what they are doing.....
What do you mean level 1?
Those who function in society with none to minimal intervention, able to go to school or work with minimal accommodations if any
Well last time I checked Disney emps weren’t required to complete a PhD in psychology to qualify for such a position at such a wage?
But that’s not “faking” a disability. That’s not meeting a new criteria.
This is a sensitive subject - obviously - but the root cause is the same.
…I think that might be why they’ve identified it as a “problem”
