I used DS for the first time last year. I have chronic lower back issues and cannot stand for long periods of time. Specifically, I was not going to be able to stand in the Pre-Reg badge pick up line for the 4+ hours that I had experienced the year before, which put me out of commission for the rest of Thursday and a good part of Friday. I know that there was a new system last year for badge pick up that was supposedly faster, but I wasn't willing to risk it, so I went, with much trepidation, to the front of the line at the entrance to the Sheraton, and when staffers told me that the end of the line was way back there, I just told them I needed to go to Disability Services and no further questions were asked, they just pointed me in the right direction.
I was able to sit down there, after taking a number, and wait for my number to be called. I wasn't familiar with the process, so the question-asking part was a little clunky for me, but what they really wanted to know was what I could not do. Not so much interested in what my chiro said or lengthy descriptions, just what my limitations were. They went and got my badge for me and I got a sticker on my badge that said Seat in Line. I didn't actually attend any panels, so I didn't use it, but what I really needed help with was standing in that hours-long badge line, and that's what I got help with.
I'm going to give the regular line a try this year and see if it's not too long a wait, but if I can't handle it, I know that I'll be able to go to DS and that I'll be treated with professionalism and courtesy, just like last year.
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Date: 2012-08-24 04:15 pm (UTC)I was able to sit down there, after taking a number, and wait for my number to be called. I wasn't familiar with the process, so the question-asking part was a little clunky for me, but what they really wanted to know was what I could not do. Not so much interested in what my chiro said or lengthy descriptions, just what my limitations were. They went and got my badge for me and I got a sticker on my badge that said Seat in Line. I didn't actually attend any panels, so I didn't use it, but what I really needed help with was standing in that hours-long badge line, and that's what I got help with.
I'm going to give the regular line a try this year and see if it's not too long a wait, but if I can't handle it, I know that I'll be able to go to DS and that I'll be treated with professionalism and courtesy, just like last year.
:o)