JenMatos530
Earning My Ears
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Please delete this thread. It is not beneficial since everyone commenting seems to not understand the issue at hand.
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Unpopular opinion here but I agree with you. Sure the wheelchair is an accommodation but it is not free. DAS would help many and does not cost anything. By using the DAS for mainly cognitive issues it tells me that WDW values helping one type of disability over the other. I just can not get over charging one group of the disabled for the only accommodation allowed and providing others an accommodation free of charge. One group pays extra, the other pays nothing - that just does not seem fair.I have a prosthetic leg and walk and get around fairly well. Sometimes long periods of standing will start to bother me (especially after a lot of walking). I was talking to another person who went to guest relations and they told them all mobility issues should use a wheelchair and not the DAS card. My issue with this is: my parents had my leg amputated when I was a baby so that I WOULDN'T have to use a wheelchair and could be more free. It seems if a wheelchair is Disney's form of an accomodation then they are trying to make me MORE disabled than I already am!!! Any amputees or mobility impairments been issued a DAS?
Unpopular opinion here but I agree with you. Sure the wheelchair is an accommodation but it is not free. DAS would help many and does not cost anything. By using the DAS for mainly cognitive issues it tells me that WDW values helping one type of disability over the other. I just can not get over charging one group of the disabled for the only accommodation allowed and providing others an accommodation free of charge. One group pays extra, the other pays nothing - that just does not seem fair.
I think they are making you more disabled than you are.
this is the thing, Disney does not have to provide personal assistance devices, like wheelchairs. They have to provide access. People with different disabilities have different needs in terms of access. If my child needs a ipad or other device to communicate or manage stress, its not up to Disney to provide it. If I need a hearing aid, or glasses or crutches, not up to them to provide it. Being disabled often costs more. Its just a fact of life. There are people who no matter what accommodation is provided only last a few hours in the park. So they pay much more in terms of per hour, than people who can stay the whole day. Its not up to Disney or any other company to make life fair. They are adhering to the law. If you don't like the law, you are welcome to discuss it with your elected representatives.Unpopular opinion here but I agree with you. Sure the wheelchair is an accommodation but it is not free. DAS would help many and does not cost anything. By using the DAS for mainly cognitive issues it tells me that WDW values helping one type of disability over the other. I just can not get over charging one group of the disabled for the only accommodation allowed and providing others an accommodation free of charge. One group pays extra, the other pays nothing - that just does not seem fair.
I think they are making you more disabled than you are.
Disney's response to mobility or stamina-related needs is to suggest use of a mobility device (wheelchair, ECV, cane, walker, rollator, etc.). Most queues are mainstreamed to accommodate such, and for those that aren't you'll be directed accordingly. The DAS is intended for those who are unable to navigate the standby queues for other reasons. I don't believe Disney is trying to make anybody "more disabled" but encouraging use of "tools" that might be helpful. Many people utilize a mobility device at Disney parks who have no need for one in regular every-day life -- it doesn't mean they are "more disabled" but utilizing a tool to get the most enjoyment as possible out of their vacation.
There are 2 threads near the top of this forum that explain DAS -- one for WDW and another specific to DLR/DCA.
Enjoy your vacation!
If prolonged walking is the issue, a DAS card won't address that anyway and may, in fact, make things worse. Ignoring the "rightness or wrongness", it does not reduce walking as you still have to go around the park and through each line (I'll grant you that, in some cases, the FP line is a shorter distance - but not significantly) AND you need to go to the ride to get the time and then come back to ride (actually increasing the amount of walking).
Actually the person with the DAS does not have to be there to get the wait time, they only need to be there to enter/go on the ride. Therefore, my husband can be the runner while I rest on a bench with my daughter.
I am one that no matter what accommodation disney gives me ( like I do get a DAS) I can not stay in the park all day without winding up in the ER and doing to much walking has nothing to do with it neither dose stamina it is just a fact that I will have to pay a full price for a ticket and never be able to stay the whole day, just like I had to buy new sunglasses because I am very sensitive to the sun and mine broke, or a number of things I use to make the time I can be in Disney more do able do these things coast money YES they do but I know if I would like to go to disney then that is what I need no one is forcing you to use a mobility device you can go and walk around and then take a rest some where or go back to the hotel and then go back again maybe you can start going on long walks to get used to the walking you will do at disney ( and standing) but disney accommodation for your need in the past has been a mobility device wether you chose to use one or not is up to you.this is the thing, Disney does not have to provide personal assistance devices, like wheelchairs. They have to provide access. People with different disabilities have different needs in terms of access. If my child needs a ipad or other device to communicate or manage stress, its not up to Disney to provide it. If I need a hearing aid, or glasses or crutches, not up to them to provide it. Being disabled often costs more. Its just a fact of life. There are people who no matter what accommodation is provided only last a few hours in the park. So they pay much more in terms of per hour, than people who can stay the whole day. Its not up to Disney or any other company to make life fair. They are adhering to the law. If you don't like the law, you are welcome to discuss it with your elected representatives.
you do know some rides have a line that is a half mile long one way wether or not it is a fast pass line so if you go on it you will talk a mile and that is not even getting to the line it self so with or without a DAS card you will be walking a few miles a day and DAS card might mean instead of walking 9 miles you will only walk 8 milesActually the person with the DAS does not have to be there to get the wait time, they only need to be there to enter/go on the ride. Therefore, my husband can be the runner while I rest on a bench with my daughter.
I think many people are missing that for some people there is much more pain associated with standing than there is with walking. I don't expect others to understand this who do not have to deal with this pain.
And I know the previous poster did not mean to be offensive but practicing walking leading up to a trip does nothing to relieve the pain of standing.
I am sorry that you are having to deal with this and hope that I did not add to your frustration. It is hard when a one-size fits all mentality is used.Please delete this thread. It is not beneficial since everyone commenting seems to not understand the issue at hand.
It's not a one-size fits all mentality. It's a logistical issue. If Disney provided the wheelchair, would it be considered more fair?I am sorry that you are having to deal with this and hope that I did not add to your frustration. It is hard when a one-size fits all mentality is used.