disneyobessed said:
This is also true at the WL. All the handicapped rooms are king so if you need the roll in shower and have more than 2 in your party they have to give you the other room at no cost. I read this somewhere on a thread. Disney will not tell you this when you call though. We are staying at the WL in 2 weeks with my 2 boys and my 5 yr old son is handicapped and i specifically asked for a handicapped room so we could have more room for him to manuever around and they specifically asked if we would need to roll him into the shower. i knew what they were getting at so i told them no because he takes a shower with my husband and i didnt want to lie and take advantage of the situation.
Anyways that could be another reason why handicapped people in wheel chairs may stay at values b/c they have rooms with 2 dble beds.
There are different "levels" of handicapped rooms at all the resorts and not all handicapped accesssible rooms have a king bed.
Some are handicapped accessible, but not totally wheelchair accessible. Those might have raised seat toilets, a regular bathtub/shower combination with grab bars and 2 queen or double beds (depending on the resort). The size of the room and the set up is the same as a non-handicapped room and most people who get these rooms don't even realize they have a handicapped room. We have stayed in this type of handicapped room or a regular room in the Moderates when DD was little (and her wheelchair was littler too). Because of the small size of her wheelchair, she could get around the room fairly well. This type of room might be most appropriate for someone who uses a wheelchair or
scooter for distance, but will be walking around their room (ie, short distances). A raised seat toilet and grab bars in the tub would be helpful for someone who is unsteady or needs extra support getting up and down.
The other type of handicapped rooms are the fully wheelchair accessible rooms. These are the ones with king beds and roll in showers. The assumption is that if someone needs a roll in shower, they are probably going to be using their wheelchair to get around the room. They have a King size bed because that gives more free floor space. The total floor space of the rooms in general are not any bigger, but they are arranged differently (to make space for the roll in shower and a roll under sink). The room space is arranged to make the bathroom area bigger, which makes the bedroom part smaller. The King rooms are often connected to another room because the king bed sleeps only 2 people.
The ADA (American with Disabilities Act) has a formula for determining how many rooms in each category (plus rooms that are equiped with special equipment for people with hearing disabilities there are). The number works out to roughly 4% of the rooms being handicapped accessible. So, the people who said you see more people with disabilities at the values because the number of rooms is larger are probably correct. (4% of 1900 rooms is a much bigger number than 4% of 200 rooms).
As others posted, at the values, everyone has to take buses (or cars) to get to any of the parks. All of the deluxe resorts have at least one park you can get to without taking a bus.
We have been on vacation in other places and found that the room we were assured was handicapped accessible had 2 steps to get in or there wer no curb cuts form the parking lot at all, or the accessible bathroom had grab bars and a raised seat toilet, but the door was too narrow for a wheelchair to go thru. You don't find things like that, for the most part at WDW.
As pumpkinboy noted, WDW is one of the more accessible places to visit and people with disabilities tend to come back because it is accessible. (We are members of DVC at OKW for that reason).
I would agree that there is probably more accessable rooms at these resorts, and also the ONLY way to get to a park is by bus. (no monorail, boat etc.) 
for you. Hope you have a great day!! 
