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

[ElCray]

They were sitting with me yes. And everyone was very pleasant - i was just surprised by the 3 levels.

Interesting. I’m surprised they would ask questions directly to the minor, or was he/she sitting with you from the beginning? If we apply, I’m hoping to keep my son out of the conversation all together as to not cause more issues for him.

 

[steve456]

Actually, the point of this thread is simply to report whether or not someone was approved for DAS under the new rules.

That doesn't seem right to me. The OP shared their experience with the DAS evaluation, with commentary, just like many other people in this thread.

I think the objection to their sharing basically comes down to that the OP might have seen the LL passes as a policy of accommodation and you probably see them as (arbitrary) pixie dust. Both views seem valid to me. The company gave the cast member the LL passes with the intent that they are handed out to DAS applicants. It's probably closer to policy than arbitrary IMHO but who knows.

 

[DiznyDiva]

Just reapplied for the second time under the new rules for DD14. The CM was very pleasant even Identified as mother of AUADHD and said one child got it while one did not. We talked about the struggles parents have. She asked few questions but told me this for a reapplying and really asked me to just confirm what I said the first time was still current. She asked to take her picture, but never asked to talk to her, but could see her offscreen sitting there with her earphones on. Took about five minutes and we are approved for 8 months. This is for Disneyland and took about 5 minutes to get through online.

Also I know several families who just tried to apply for their ADHD. Autistic children and they were not offered any LL passes for anything, just denied. So it really not policy but a particular CM trying to be nice.

 

[ClaraOswald]

We applied today for the first time post-new rules. My son is 11 and autistic and has used DAS several times before. We WERE approved today for our January WDW trip. But it was a long process. I talked with the first CM for quite a while and he asked a lot of questions. Then he transferred me to a medical professional and he asked me a lot of the same questions and several new ones. He asked if my son was in the room and I said yes and called him over. The only question he asked him was how old he is. (My son is very minimally verbal and mostly just scripts words/phrases.)

I'm happy we were approved but it almost seemed like he wasn't going to be approved....which is honestly crazy to me since he is autistic, minimally verbal, and has an intellectual disability. I mean, that's the EXACT type of person DAS is meant for. I'm worried I didn't sound "credible" since I was so nervous about the whole thing and likely talking fast and whatnot. And now I'm even more nervous to apply again in the future. (We will going to Disneyland in December 2025. Will they see that we were approved for DAS at WDW or not?)

The first CM who ended up getting the medical person to speak to us was actually super nice and helpful....even about some things not related to our son's DAS. So that was really nice of him. The medical professional was much more serious and made me nervous to speak with. So yeah...I'm already dreading having to apply again before our next trip.

 

[lanejudy]

he is autistic, minimally verbal, and has an intellectual disability. I mean, that's the EXACT type of person DAS is meant for.

Actually, without further explanation none of those things specifically are why DAS is approved. A person may have any/all those diagnoses and still be able to wait in a standard queue.

 

[caketalks]

Declined today. Our party’s “unique” size (2 adults) was mentioned numerous times and my husband has been approved before (asd and a few other things). They team we spoke to were cold, curt and the medical professional dropped the call as soon as he said no so we had no chance to ask questions or provide further information.

 

[lanejudy]

several discussion posts have been moved to the other thread to try and keep this one as Approval/Denial reports
https://www.disboards.com/threads/das-changes-coming-wdw-may-20-dl-june-18-2024.3943880/