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Disney With Hidden Needs

Doing Disney with hidden needs

Trips to Disney World or Disneyland are often seen as a once in a lifetime event. Many families going through major life events like cancer treatments see Disney trips as a celebration of life. Cancer treatments are designed to kill the cancerous cells that ravage our bodies and take over […]

Disney After Cancer Treatment

26 Mar, 2012 in Disney With Hidden Needs tagged cancer treatment / disabilities / Disney / Disney's Animal Kingdom / Disney's Hollywood Studios / Epcot / Guest Assistance Card / Hidden Needs / Magic Kingdom / planning / Special Needs / Walt Disney World / WDW by Pamela Dorr

This week, I want to look at some questions regarding Hidden Needs posed on the PassPorterBoards.com forums. First up is a mom that asks about being able to accommodate her son’s dining needs. Then we will look at a grandmother’s question regarding how to help her grandson enjoy Walt Disney […]

Hidden Needs Advice from Passporter Members

17 Feb, 2012 in Disney With Hidden Needs tagged Choosing a time for your trip / disabilities / Disney Dining / Guest Assistance Card / Guest Services / Hidden Needs / Special Needs / Walt Disney World / WDW / When to go? by Pamela Dorr

For anyone visiting the Vacationing Your Way: Special Needs forum on PassPorter.com, you will notice many threads about dealing with a variety of special needs at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and Disney Cruise Lines. In my last few posts I have talked about my personal experiences with Hidden Needs at […]

Autism at Disney: Tips From my PassPorter Friends

1 Feb, 2012 in Disney With Hidden Needs tagged Autism / Disney / Getting the most out of my trip / Guest Assistance Card / Hidden Needs / Special Needs by Pamela Dorr

Every day I deal with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Social Phobia, Generalized Anxiety, Major Depression, and Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis. However, I personally only “suffer” from a mild case of depression. So why do I deal with all those other things? Simple, I am a mom, girlfriend, and caregiver to two wonderful […]

It’s the CAREGIVER’s Vacation Too!!

23 Jan, 2012 in Disney With Hidden Needs / Fresh Picked Posts tagged caregiver / Disney / Disney Dining / Getting the most out of my trip / Hidden Needs / Planning out dining reservations / Special Needs by Pamela Dorr

It isn’t very often that you see a service dog at Walt Disney World. This past November, if you were there right around Thanksgiving, then you might have seen a beautiful boxer working as a service dog. Merlin is a working service dog for my boyfriend. He will alert us […]

Disney and Service Dogs

13 Jan, 2012 in Disney With Hidden Needs tagged disabilties / Disney / service animals by Pamela Dorr

How accommodating is Disney? Well, how accommodating do you need them to be? When most people think of guests needing accommodations at Disney, they think of people with obvious physical disabilities. However, what about those guests with the not-so-obvious disabilities, the Hidden Needs? What qualifies as a “Hidden Need”? […]

What is a Hidden Need?

7 Nov, 2011 in Disney With Hidden Needs tagged disabilities / Guest Assistance Card / Guest Services / Hidden Needs / Special Needs by Pamela Dorr