DAS Approval/Denial with New DAS Guidelines START 5/20 WDW & 6/18 DL

[ClaraOswald]

First time DAS applicate or have had DAS in the past?

My 12 year old, minimally verbal, autistic son has had DAS several times before. Most recently was WDW in January 2025.

- If it is not your first time, did the process go differently?

Today's chat was similar to the DAS chats we had BEFORE the more recent changes. We weren't sent off to a medical professional like we were before our last WDW trip.

Approved for DAS? Give other options?

Yes, he was approved. This is for a Disneyland trip in December on a 5-day park hopper ticket.

 

[branv]

First time DAS applicate or have had DAS in the past?
- If it is not your first time, did the process go differently?
It was not our first time with DAS but was our first time under this new system. The CM could not have been more gracious. When she asked me to detail what accomodations we were seeking, I asked if we could do the picture and speaking with my DS12 first so I could send him on his way. She read between the lines very well, accomodated that, and never really asked him anything directly beyond his name and if it was okay that she took his picture. To be fair, he was sitting on his spinning stool and going in rapid circles the whole time she was talking. And though he is a very very social talkative kid, he was very reticent for him. So I think she got the gist very quickly.

She honestly asked very little. To be fair, I went into great detail about what being in long, loud, crowded lines looks like with DS, and gave examples of when it was tolerable (haunted mansion b/c of the shortness of it and his obsession with whispering along to the whole stretching room spiel) and when it has gone south (space mountain when it went beyond the expected wait time, with the long walking, darkness, tight switch backs, very loud echoing noise when it's backed up and people are talking). After my indepth explanations, the only other thing she asked was if he had accommodations at school and if so, what they are. I guess my answer was what she was looking for, because she immediately approved us. She was absolutely lovely to talk to.

Approved for DAS? Give other options?
- Yes