Access card for disabilities - dyslexia

I put yabu because its obvious that the majority of people using fast pass are scamming it. There just isnt the number of people who genuinely need to skip queues.
Clearly merlin should not have had to back down but due to already having so many using this and many many then getting the year pass its too late.
possibly it should be limited to sen school/ehcp etc.

There is literally no need for kids to skip queues for adhd only.
Autism probably yes but not all asd kids. Some can q.
Thing is on the numbers if 1%+ are asd (though over 10% at dc school) 5% adhd then other disability etc plus mum dad siblings just makes the q ridiculous for others AND what is worse a % of that q are toddlers to obviously do struggle with q and needing toilet etc and others are awaiting diagnosis so…

Yup, this.

There’ll be something else she doesn’t want to admit to for fear of it ending up on Mumsnet.

Maybe it’s the mother who has a disability and doesn’t come to terms with it yet.

Access Cards are quite hard to get, I thought. I’m legally disabled for life and aren’t entitled to one.

Do you have to have the right symbols on your card though or do any of the symbols count ?

Is it quite easy to prove to nimbus you have those needs.

It’s not your job to police the system. You don’t know how easy or hard her child finds it to queue. The child could even have other needs that you’re not aware of.

My autistic kids went to mainstream and one couldn't queue.

It's shit using it when you don't need it. No wonder there is a lot of talk about disabled people taking the piss from society. They extrapolate from examples like this and think we are all on the make.

He may of course not be able to queue. Might have other stuff going on and masks at school, in which case apologies.

This. The Mother may not have wanted to have an in-depth discussion about her child's health issues.

My thought is that you likely don’t have the full picture - and yes maybe what she has said is misleading because she didn’t want to share the whole picture.

However, it’s between Disney and herself really isn’t it? It’s their park and they can set their own rules.

I don’t know why you’re bothered.

I couldn’t give a flying proverbial what adjustments or accommodations someone else’s child gets, I care that mine is getting the ones he needs and is entitled to.

Beyond that - not my problem, I have enough of them to be getting on with.

Yeah my nephew has one for adhd. He has no diagnosis but gets dla. He has queued before my sister got the pass but now doesn’t need to and you can take 3 other people on the ride.

ETA- it was not hard to get. This is for Merlin

There is something odd about this op as I've seen quite a few people say recently that 'access card' are refusing them the symbol to say they can't queue even when it's extremely obvious they can't, or the symbol that someone a needs carer when it's a child who usually has a parent with them anyway. How on Earth has she got it for dyslexia? Does she think the card itself means you skip queues and doesn't understand the symbols they use?

I hate people gaming the system

But I usually try to blame the system, , not the person gaming it

Oh I've read some more and see the symbols don't matter if you're accessing Disney. I didn't know that. I wonder if she can skip queues at say a Merlin attraction.

Read the thread. Disney don't require the queuing symbol, you literally just have to have an access card with any symbol

Op yanbu at all. I'm visually impaired and have an access card but I don't have any problem queueing. People like her are why merlin tried to do what they did. And there are way more people out there who do this than you'd believe.

And for the people trying to say her daughter has more problems that she doesn't want to disclose....then why would she even bring it up to op who has a severely disabled child?

No they don’t, context matters.

They looked at changing “difficulty with crowds” automatically qualifying for a RAP. They did not say “autistic children” specifically, or even allude to that.

Mine wouldn’t actually even be in the theme park. Due to his difficulty…. with crowds.

The day someone physically takes my child’s access pass so they can have one, I’ll worry. Until then, I’ll keep worrying about mine and allow other people to focus on theirs.

But do you not realise that if people who don't really need it take priority passes at Disney it'll make it impossible for people like op to take her child because the access queues will end up so long that it's no longer accessible

I understand your frustration but I also have a child with dyslexia. I know it in a way that you probably don't know it. Yes they might be able to queue without appearing to struggle. But there are aspects to dyslexia that go beyond living in a world where everyone else can read signs that are morse code. It is strenuous and affects processing speed and stamina. Living in a world that isn't designed for you compounds the challenges that are organic to the condition. Many dyslexic children have endured endless othering, impatience and feelings of stupidity that cause them to be hypervigilant, easily stressed and you wouldn't know that.

So while I can understand your frustration, I'm glad it's not your decision to make.

Rude.

Not really, the thread is only three pages long, at least read all the op's posts