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

[Philsfan77]

I have to respectfully disagree with you on this. Maybe some schools are lax with 504s but not all schools. Where I work there is only a handful of students with 504s and they are warranted. Most are for T1 diabetes and food allergies. They aren't getting any crazy accommodations. Accommodations for the SAT and ACT are actually difficult to get. I'm sure some schools are more lenient but we develop plans based on their needs, not whatever the parent wants.

I think the key here as it relates to Disney is whether they are warranted as it relates to DAS. Someone being allergic to peanuts, doesn't mean they need DAS for instance. Agree with you on the ACT being tough to get, but I've found the SAT's fairly easy (just time consuming) so long as you provide the proper documentation of needing testing accommodations normally with your current 504/IEP. I'm not going to get into whether the original commentators situation warrants DAS, as I don't know them or their child at all. However, someone saying they get movement breaks during testing is a fairly standard accommodation (I'd guess of the roughly 22% of our student body who qualify for an IEP or 504 plan...more than half receive this accommodation and Im probably underestimating that number). I'm also not sure how being granted the ability to take a movement break from the queue to regather oneself and then be able to re-enter the queue at a later time to ride the ride wouldn't be the same as being given a movement break in the school setting to regather oneself when necessary during a testing situation.

 

[Greenlawler]

I have registered my son several times for DAS, it always makes me a little nervous because I read about other folks getting denied. Today he was approved again, but it was so much faster. We were on a video chat within 5 minutes, and the CM was kind and approved with zero hesitation. I am curious if people are not applying to get the DAS because so many people are now being denied?