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Has anyone else received a phone call from a Will McDermott or Alison Nadel?
I have absolutely no idea how these people got my phone number but the Call ID said Will McDermott and the person who left the message was an Alison Nadel. The messeage I got from mom was the caller was from Disney and she wanted my feedback on Disabilities at Disney, specifically from my trip from 2014. I knew right away from the phone number (an area code of 202) the it was not from Disney so Lenny googled the number for me. It turns out it's a law firm from Washington DC and I don't know how Lenny got to the page but it looks like they are trying to sue Disney over the DAS program for parents of Autistic kids. I guess they're trying to say either it's unfair to Autistic kids or it's designed to cause meltdowns. I haven't decided yet whether I'm going to ignore the call or call them back and say don't call me again. I am a fan of the DAS and having used it for three years now, we like it far better than the old GAC. We feel it works much, much better than the GAC.
But anyway, for anyone else who might be getting this call, that's what we found out about who they are. How they're getting phone numbers I still don't know though.
Good to know. I have not gotten a call, but I will keep a look out for one. If they call me, they'll be disappointed, because our DAS experience has been largely successful.
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I would want to know how they got your number. I would assume based on what you mentioned and what came up on Google that they are definitely trying to get a class action suit based on ADA against Disney.
If they are representing themselves as being from Disney, I would consider contacting Disney and letting Disney know they are claiming to be from Disney (thus misrepresenting themselves).
I would assume based on what you mentioned and what came up on Google that they are definitely trying to get a class action suit based on ADA against Disney.
I'd question the ethics of cold calling someone about participating in a class action lawsuit if that's what the intent seemed to be.
As many of us as list past trips in our post signatures, such a caller could be a hacker who's gleaned some specifics from posts and has hacked contact info.
I wouldn't respond in any way to such a call, anyone who gets one like that.
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If they are representing themselves as being from Disney, I would consider contacting Disney and letting Disney know they are claiming to be from Disney (thus misrepresenting themselves).
Knowing how my mother takes messages, I don't think this is the case. I think they mentioned Disney and my mother assumed they were from Disney, KWIM? Unfortunately there has been a number of times that what my mother writes as a message isn't what the message really is (if it doesn't concern her, she only half listens type of deal).
My concern has nothing to do with the why of the phone call but to carefully look at the information you are giving out in posts. I am always concerned when I read some posts that the person could be identified and located.
While a law firm with a class action suit may not be the worse, you don't want a thief or worse to know when you are out of town.
How in the heck did they even know when you were at WDW?
I got a 202 area code call recently to my cell phone. I ignored it and they didn't leave a message, so I don't know why they called.
I'm sure they probably do google searches for boards where people with disabilities who go to Disney might post. If that's how they found CinderAbby, she's got her trips listed right in her signature.
I think if any other lawsuits are filed, the courts would go back to these (but, I'm not a lawyer).
My family has found DAS works better for us - and the electronic Fastpases greatly decreased our need to use DAS compared to when it was GAC and walk up paper Fastpasses.
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