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Walt Disney World® with Disabilities |  | Author: Stephen Ashley
Publisher: Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 243774
Media: Paperback
Pages: 196
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0615167608
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780615167602
ASIN: 0615167608
Publication Date: October 2007
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FROM MINOR TO MAJOR HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL CONDITIONS, Walt Disney World® with Disabilities can help you plan a safe, fun and comfortable vacation. It's packed with insider tips and insights from the authors' years of first-hand experience visiting Disney while dealing with disabilities and special needs. It also includes extensive input gathered from other Disney guests with a wide variety of conditions. The book was fact checked and added to by current and past Disney employees. Visit the official website for more details at WWW.DIZ-ABLED.COM.
Well researched, it has the most in-depth descriptions of any book of the physical "feel" and the emotional impact of attractions. It has details you won't see elsewhere about things that can impact people with disabilities at Disney, with tips for participating with greater comfort. Learn how to get your needs met in the parks, resorts & restaurants, details on handling medication & medical equipment, dietary needs, transportation, wheelchair use in the parks & resorts, and much more.
You'll find in-depth information & alerts for various fears, anxieties and emotional concerns including claustrophobia, fear of the dark and discomfort with violence. There's warnings, tips and support information for people dealing with a variety of health issues including pain, back & neck problems, mobility issues, heart conditions, vertigo & dizziness, diabetes, dietary issues, hearing impairment, visual impairment, fears, phobias and mental health issues, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, TMJ, fibromyalgia, allergies & chemical sensitivities (including fragrances, pesticides & mold), high blood pressure, joint & muscle pain, motion sickness, epilepsy, weakness, oxygen use, overstimulation & hyperactivity, and much more! Really, it's an outstanding guide that will help those with almost any physical or emotional condition.
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Outstanding, well designed, complete, ENABLING! January 24, 2008
Dr. Richard Risi
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Walt Disney World With Disabilities, by Stephen Ashley, is a marvelous enabler to adventure for those normally reticent to step out of the "safety zone" of the limits and boredom that often accompany physical disabilities. Side-line spectating or only listening to stories about the fun experiences of others can give way to personal experience and enjoyment facilitated by the well-researched tips, advice, descriptions, warnings and encouragements that this user-friendly book offers.
The attention to detail relieves the fear-factor of the unknown that the disabled normally have to deal with. The easy to use format describing just about every ride, attraction, restaurant, and venue found in the whole of Disney World, places empowering knowledge at the finger tips of every disabled and special needs visitor. If you are fortunate enough to obtain a copy, you may find it to be a "master-key" to a world of safe Disney fun. Since my own mother is confined to a wheel-chair, I offer my personal thanks to Stephen Ashley for this amazing reference."
Dr. Richard Risi
I am very impressed with this book and Highly reccomend it October 24, 2007
DLCI (FL, USA)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
In my opinion Walt Disney World with Disabilities is the best book out there for anyone with a health condition. We own several Disney guide books including another one designed for special needs at Disney. Nothing else I've read describes the way the rides feel as well as this book does. The writers really paid attention to every sensation and experience, and they share it all in an easy to read and understand style. It's also packed with useful and practical suggestions for the parks, resorts and dining.
I also highly recommend this book to parents who wish to choose appropriate rides and shows for their children. Really it's great for anyone who wants to know what a ride feels like before trying it.
I've gone to Disney many times over the years with my wife and kids. One of the things that I've found most challenging is deciding which rides are suitable for my children, and for me. It can be really confusing sometimes, because the Disney warnings are all encompassing. For example, many ride warning signs say that a person with back or neck problems should not ride. Yet some of these are fine for me. This book really gives you a sense of the true intensity and experience, and I find the descriptions to be right on target.
Conversely, there are rides that I thought would be fine, because there was no special warning posted by Disney, but I was shocked to find there were jolts or unexpected things that bothered my condition or scared my kids. I found that Walt Disney World with Disabilities reveals every one of these.
Really great book: Should be called Walt Disney World for Everyone! January 26, 2008
Diana Carroll
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book should be called Walt Disney World for Everyone! I think everybody should read this book who wants to go to Disneyworld. I started reading it as an Occupational Therapist, but I found myself to be really riveted by the wealth of information that applied to me personally and to my family. As a mother of 6 kids, I really believe that these are the things a mother really wants and needs to know.
This book is so thorough. Its an A-Z guide that has things you wouldn't think to even ask about that were so helpful, and it will help parents make important decisions. For example, you don't want to spend time in lines for attractions that won't be good for you or your kids. The descriptions were so good that they really helped me know what would and wouldn't be worth our time. And those lines can be tough to wait in with impatient and tired kids! The book helps you plan your day so you get the most out of your time, and it will save me hours of waiting in lines for rides that would have turned out badly. There's so much useful information like this that will help our family be so much more comfortable.
I think it will also be fantastic for people with health problems. My husband can't do a lot of walking and there were services for him that I had no idea about.
The authors really put themselves into this book - it's not just a manual, but it's so much more interesting and informative to read than anything else I've seen. It's very easy reading because it's got a personal touch to it. I couldn't put it down.
Very needed guide will make Disney a breeze January 27, 2008
J. Klockow
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I manage a home health agency in South Florida and have many disabled clients that I felt would benefit from this book. I just finished it and was very impressed with its explicit content and wide range of disabilities it addressed. For anyone who knows someone with any type of disability or medical problem and is planning a trip to Disney World, I would recommend this as a great resource. The reader learns how to make the event as smooth and carefree as possible. I found it also ideal for the elderly person who wants to remain active and get the most out of their visits!
A few specifics that I would like to point out. I like the way the index is so clear. If you're only interested in particular subjects it makes it very easy to find. I was also surprised that this book addresses so many things that are not necessarily disabilities, but can still interfere with your trip such as fatigue and allergies. I find that it's a great resource for minor conditions as well as for more serious disabilities. This book may be of interest to people who never considered going to Disney, but now can go because they have the advantage of the guidelines given in this book.
Judy Klockow
Administrator, Gold Coast Elder Care
Brilliant! It had everything I needed and more. January 8, 2008
Diane Kelly
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I can't applaud this book enough. I've been to Disney many times and I like to have my trip really thought out and planned in advance. When traveling to Disney I spend a lot of time on the web and I read several Disney guide books to see what's new and to help me plan. (I usually read several at Barnes & Nobel and I then buy a few of my favorites on Amazon if there's time for shipping.) I learned so much that I never knew from this book and I found that in many ways it went way beyond what I saw on the web or in other guide books.
For example it was full of unique and very helpful suggestions. Some of my favorites: I especially loved the one on how to improve your chances of getting your special requests honored by your chosen Disney resort. I usually have a lot of special requests for my hotel room. I was amazed to learn how much Disney will do for you, even having been there before. But it was so advantageous to see how to improve your chances that they'll come through with your requests. I also thought the entire section on choosing the right Disney resort really gave the lowdown on things that will really help people with disabilities make the best choice for their situation.
The suggestions for reducing discomfort on many of the rides were great, especially with my neck pain and tendency towards migraines. I have to agree with the other readers who posted about how the rides were described in this guide. I found that each ride had pretty much everything stated you could ever want to know about it, and its well worth the price of the book for that feature alone.
It was very complete about wheelchair and accessibility information for the rides too. Although I'm not in a wheelchair, I have several friends who are, and this would be really helpful for them.
Speaking of that, every restaurant had pretty much the whole story on accessibility, and menu information too. We follow a pretty strict diet because of health complications, so this was great. By the way, their website actually has the menus for every restaurant at Disney and the policy of each restaurant for how they deal with special diet requirements. It's at www.diz-abled.com.
I also loved the way this book was written. The style is like someone having a conversation with me, instead of like reading a manual, but on the top of each ride there's a quick notes box and a cautions box. This makes it easy to do a quick scan of each ride, and the tips are easy to find and scan quickly too.
I want to add that I found this book to be super accurate and I'm a long time Disney fan and vacationer. I read this book from cover to cover and I think it's a gem and very reliable.
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