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    Direct flights cross country severe food allergy?

    My experience has been different. The only time I heard an announcement, it was made before take-off. I understand what you're saying, but my concern is not with sanctions. I'm just appalled that there are so many people who will disregard the "request" just because they can. The attitude...
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    Direct flights cross country severe food allergy?

    So, if they say "Please do not open any peanut products" you're just going to consider that a request and ignore it? Kind of like when they say, "Please fasten your seatbelts." They're just asking, right?
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    Direct flights cross country severe food allergy?

    A previous poster brought up an example of a flight where peanuts were not served and passengers were asked not to open peanut products. The airline has the right to do that, even though most airlines will not. If a passenger MUST have a certain food that is not allowed, then that passenger...
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    Direct flights cross country severe food allergy?

    Neither is autism. And I say that as the mother of a child with autism, a peanut allergy, and a lot of medical conditions that limit what she can eat, so I understand where everyone is coming from. Why are we telling people with peanut allergies to utilize other methods of transportation, yet...
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    Tell Me About your Asperger's Kid

    She never said any of those things about her child, only about the syndrome. YOU are interpreting that to believe she hates her child and that she has taught him to hate himself. It is only the OPINION of some that Asperger's is part of a person's personality. An opinion, nothing more. If...
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    Tell Me About your Asperger's Kid

    What a nasty, cruel thing to say to someone who is struggling with a very difficult situation. It's likely a good deal of her anger stems from the lack of support and the hostile attitude she has received from people like you. I'm sure she has encountered this many times over the years...
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    Tell Me About your Asperger's Kid

    She never labeled anyone's child or called anyone names. She was talking about the experience of living with Asperger's, the syndrome itself, not the child.
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    Autistic kids are second class guests at WDW

    Yes, the internet is rife with rude and obnoxious posts under the guise of "not being PC." Over the years I've heard from a lot of other posters who find it very difficult to ask for any information on these boards because of the nasty responses they get. The OP made a statement that didn't...
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    new blog: Guest Assistance Cards Vs. FastPass+

    http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3048662
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    Autistic kids are second class guests at WDW

    To even ask such a question of the OP, without any evidence, is just plain rude and argumentative. Others have asked the OP for clarification. That is different from asking if the OP is stirring the pot.
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    Autistic kids are second class guests at WDW

    Completely unjustified accusation!
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    new blog: Guest Assistance Cards Vs. FastPass+

    There's another thread going where a guy without a disability thinks the GAC is unfair, so he is going to get one and then report back on how it works for him. Just great! Not only is THAT abuse, but if he perceives some advantage from it and tells everyone, that is only going to encourage...
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    Specific Attractions and GAC

    I never have and never would demand to be let in a line immediately. Why would you even say something like that? I merely said that the accommodations we have work for us. My objection is to the suggestion by some on these boards that changes should be made, NOT to improve access, but to take...
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    Specific Attractions and GAC

    The accommodations my daughter gets do work for her. That's why we go. We're not complaining about the accommodations. It's losing the accommodations that concerns me. Obviously it's not a concern to you, because as you say, "it's the opposite."
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    Specific Attractions and GAC

    Well, given the Fastpass is more of a "come back later" than an alternate waiting area, then no, this would not work. I know how she thinks. If she's expecting to be on an attraction, and then is told she has to come back later, it's confusing. What we have now works for her individual...
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    Changes

    I am beginning to feel the talk of changes is not really due to abuse, but rather because of the non-stop complaining from able-bodied guests who think somebody with a disability is gaining some kind of advantage.
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    Specific Attractions and GAC

    Yes, we like to use Fastpass when possible. It's easy for one person in the group to run ahead and get them. When Fastpass isn't an option, the GAC we have been getting works very well, and I would hate to see that change. We use it less than in earlier years, but would not be able to go to...
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    Changes

    What can Disney do to stop abuse without taking away current accommodations that really work for those who need them?
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    Changes

    The GAC as it exists now does not get you into an attraction immediately. Making it work like a Fastpass where you have to come back later would not be helpful for my daughter, and I imagine many other children with autism, because she would be going up to a ride entrance to show her GAC to the...
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    Specific Attractions and GAC

    It's something we've never encountered. This is something that could be very difficult for my daughter, who has autism. She needs to know what to expect. If we approach an attraction and she is expecting to ride, and then is told to come back later, that's going to be a problem. We can't...
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