SubscribeIf it's happening at Disney it must be real.
From Michael Carrasco, DC Disney Travel Examiner:
Starting on March 15, 2012, a new provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act is going to take effect. The provision allows travelers with special needs to be able to make reservations for accessible guest rooms in the same way that people without any special needs or disabilities can make reservations - electronically, in person, telephonically or through a third party.
The provision says that hotels and resorts will have to:
- allow accessible rooms to be booked in the same ways for people with disabilities as for people without disabilities
- have access to information available about those rooms that are descriptive enough for the person to decide whether the room will meet their needs (including photos or other images)
- include information about which features which rooms have, including which are accessible with roll in showers and which have tubs with grab bars
- reserve and hold a specific room for that specific guest with a disability. Those specific rooms must be actually removed from the reservation system (to avoid double booking and ensure that when the guest arrives the room they needed was available for them)
- hold accessible rooms back for reservation by people with disabilities until all non-accessible rooms of that type/class have been rented.
http://www.examiner.com/disney-travel-in-washington-dc/news-for-special-needs-travelers