Originally Posted By Donny Walt Disney Parks and Resorts could be facing a lot more angry families of children with developmental disorders if the plaintiffs in the ongoing American With Disabilities Act lawsuit get their way. In fact, the discrimination suit Image (2) Disneyland__130426203418-200x150.jpg for post 512535over access at Disneyland and other theme parks filed back in April against the media giant could nearly triple. “After the initial Complaint was filed, undersigned counsel received an outpouring of phone calls and emails from victims and their families, similarly situated to the 26 existing Plaintiffs,” said lawyers Andy Dogali and Eugene Feldman in one of several filings today in federal court (read it here). “Most of the victims wanted to offer cheers of support and witness assistance; some were in search of counsel. Ultimately, the undersigned counsel agreed to represent many of them.” <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://deadline.com/2014/08/disney-lawsuit-expanding-autistic-kids-parents-825933/#respond">http://deadline.com/2014/08/di...#respond</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm still doubtful that this lawsuit has much ground to stand on. Based on my (somewhat limited) familiarity with ADA, what Disney has done meets the "reasonably accommodation" clause. Whether that means that the parks are a good place to bring certain individuals is an entirely different question, and one that is not addressed (nor intended to be) by ADA. But Disney is providing a reasonable facsimile of the mainstream experience for people who need accommodation, which is exactly what they're supposed to be doing
