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by PoohBunniesHutch » Sun Aug 03, 2003 12:12 am
Knotts Berry Farm requires a copy of your handicapped placard or a note from a physician. Asking for a copy of the placard in no way discriminates against any type of disability since a physician's prescription is required to obtain a placard. And, for a temporary disability, a doctor's note says not what the disability is, but for how long the disability is expected to last. Its a fair system, doesn't discriminate on the basis of type of disability and it prevents fraud and abuse by healty individuals. And when I was a teenager, I fell and broke my leg just before our annual trip to Disneyland. The solution was simple enough, we'd just rent a wheelchair. Nothing doing said my father, if I weren't well enough to venture on my own two feet, then I wasn't going to Disneyland. Disneyland could wait until I was healed. When we were there last, I pointed out to my father a teen with her arm in a cast in a wheelchair and SAP'ing it with 5 of her closest friends....He wanted to know why she needed a chair if it were her arm broken and I replied that if she fell to break her arm, it was possible that she was too clumsy to walk. And then he responded that if she were that clumsy, she didn't belong at Disneyland. Staying home is not an option for those who travel many miles for a yearly vacation, so there is the SAP system to handle permanent and temporary disabilities, not front of the line priviledges for the brazen frauds. It is apalling that you are being written up for policing frauds! You should adopt a fair and impartial system: if you have a placard, you obviously have a mobility disability(even those with asthma, diabetes and heart conditions qualify) and if you don't, then bring a note from your physician. And by the way, ADD/ADHD does not qualify for a placard, but autism, cerebal palsy, etc. does....Obesity, when it prevents mobility does, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome does, disabilites that affect endurance do, etc., etc.....It all fits into being fair and in preventing fraud-If Knotts Berry Farm can do it, then why not Disneyland (by they way, Knotts is out of the question for me since I am unable to tolerate rides that are rough in nature) and Knotts makes it very clear in signs all over the place, including ticket booths, that a SAP pass is available with the presentation of a placard or note from a physician and furthermore, ECV's are available only to those who can prove a disability or provide a note. Wheelchairs are availble to everybody. But DLR has found a cash cow in ECV rentals, so I do not see them limiting those rentals. ANd one last point, the soles of my shoes are barely worn....its a great money saver-lol!
