at what point do you stop getting a DAS for your child?

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I do think that a DAS can be used to increase enjoyment for someone of any age WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE PARKS anywhere near like a neurotypical person of the same age is able to.

I think this word is a sticking point for some - I think I want to clarify it from my point of view - as it probably isn't the Webster (Think that the Brand of US dictionaries, in the UK it the Oxford English (how posh)) definition.

Now looking through these post it seems to me people are using this word instead of saying it make the trip more "doable - Can cope with it - won't end in disaster etc".

Now for my son the queues will just be pure hell - he is young but the sensory, emotion and even physical pain (if he works himself up enough) can be overwhelming.

So he is happier when he can do his own thing, so us waiting our time away from the queue will give him time to, and this is were the word for me comes in - Enjoy himself - and I'm using this in the terms of as he not having a meltdown or being overloaded, so for me that translate into Enjoyment .

It's not the case that we are enjoying that the rest of you have to stand in line, or that we are some how getting something great for nothing.

We are dealing with highly complex situations, which can change for the slightest of reasons, and I find any help enjoyable as we live this everyday.

So a bit of support and understand provides me with so much enjoyment, as you don't get it every (especially the understanding part) that's why I keep coming back.

So if anyone asked me do you enjoy getting the DAS pass I would say yes as the alternative is just horrible and if we couldn't get the support (and that not just DAS, it's the help in the restaurants with Seating, the Hotels seeing if they can get us a quiet room, the CMs at the character meet and greets and the understanding of the photopass photographer (as the little one doesn't like looking at people) not Disney, but the help we get on the flight as well) we wouldn't only not enjoy our holiday we would probably not be able to return.
While there are people who do enjoy skipping the line while others wait, what I was referring to is the quote above. DAS is not to make someone's time in the park as enjoyable as they think someone else's time is. Look at the OP. She said while her son can wait in some lines, she personally enjoys not having to. That's a want, not a need. When you're asking Disney to make exceptions for you or give additional access because you want it, because you don't want to do it another way, because you think it's harder for you, because you think others have it easier, that's when you're abusing DAS.

I don't see anyone going to the parks shouting about their increased enjoyment compared to others enjoyment. I see loving parents trying to make Disney bearable and even enjoyable for their children, and I see someone who apparently is upset about this.
I do think that a DAS can be used to increase enjoyment for someone of any age WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE PARKS anywhere near like a neurotypical person of the same age is able to.
You were shouting here that DAS is to make someone's enjoyment as much as you think someone else's is. I made the leap that the shouting would continue in the parks. I see that you have a chip on your shoulder (to the point of "misleading" which is not "lying") because you think you have struggles that are worse than other peoples and therefore they're getting some enjoyment that you're not and Disney needs to compensate you for this. By the way, go back and read the OP, she said she likes using the DAS even though she recognizes that her son doesn't always need it. Again, that's a want, not a need. If everyone who wanted it used it, it would be unusable for those who need it, just like GAC.
 
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