21/31 for 21 Disney Query

This shouldn't count as a post, but I'm 8 posts behind in my 31 for 21 quest so what the heck.

Has anyone ever sought out a Special Access pass at Disney?  Their website addresses wheelchairs, sight & hearing straight on and then get a little vague about other stuff – mostly sensory issues presumably for kids with autism.  What about Down syndrome? 

One place recommended a doctor's note when, “guests' challenge might not be readily apparent…. The challenges of a Down syndrome may be more quickly ascertainable than those with autism.”  It was gently said, but there you go – “quickly ascertainable”.  Yeah.

So not diving into the disability pageant.  But anyway…

I get that Disney might be a minefield for any kid with sensory issues, that's not the point.  Here’s my moral dilemma:  I don’t think my girl has any hard core sensory issues.  Does she need to have sensory issues too, in order to get a pass?  Isn't the Ds enough, on its on?  But then again, I’m not sure Disney would be harder for her than any other 3 year old.  We haven't yet tried her in that tornado of long dull lines followed by brief thrills, sugar highs, sugar crashes, and crowds, all the while being stalked by giant stuffed creatures [doesn’t this sound like FUN?].  What's the "typical" baseline for an over-stimulated, over-tired 3 year old?  By how much do we have to deviate? 

Fact is, there are some things, no matter HOW "well" she ends up doing, that will be more challenging – harder – and that she might miss out on.  [I could tiptoe around that & add a bunch of qualifiers & downplay the “mainstream” experience but this was supposed to be a quick post & I’m rambling so will just cut to the chase].

So if there’s one place, the happiest place, that actually let’s her take advantage of that 47th and gives her some extra special attention and love, then why not?  Why not cut her time in line and squeeze as many thrills out of the day as she can?  Can we do this without diving into the swamp of disability entitlement?
I’m thinking yes. 
And I’m wondering just how magical that pass is.

21/31 for 21 Snacks (instead of a smorgasbord)

Tidbits that I haven't worked in anywhere else:

~  Line from the movie Contagion, seen last Saturday with my brother:
"Blogging is not writing. It's just graffiti with punctuation."

~  My girl, on the elevator, at our appointments on Tuesday:  She let go of my hand when we got on, because she's a big girl now.  But then it started moving, and instead of crying - which is what she used to do, poor thing, elevators terrified her - she came back over, carefully took my hand, and then stood on her tiptoes. I guess to minimize that ground-giving-way feeling?  When we stopped she laughed, presumably with relief that we'd arrived safely.

~  My son, who let me pick the book tonight and actually seemed to enjoy Yertle the Turtle.  Which, by the way, should rank right up there next to 1984 in terms of anti-authoritarian works. 

~  And this.  We get a tiny rebate on our health insurance premium if we fill out a health questionnaire.  Some of my answers must have been wrong. 

In case it's too small to read, it says my stress level is "low" 
Survey FAIL.