Talk:Seat in Line/End of Row Accommodations/@comment-24.196.233.2-20131219221542

I had a good expierence. Dragoncon does a good job for the most part. Lets be honest when you are disabled you are used to dealing with challenges. Dragoncon is doable! Don't let the crowds scare you. It can be frustrating but the crowds are frustrating sometimes for everyone. Year before last I was badly disabled (doing better now). This year I had a disabled friend. Two things that were a problem. Security in smaller events and the shuttle.

Security were not all aware of how to deal with the disabled. There were 4 of us in good enough condition to stand in line so just letting him sit somewhere and join us in line at the door was really the only help we needed and we had issues with that.

'''The Serious problem was the shuttle. ''' (or lack of shuttle)

There needs to be a GPS location of the shuttle on the dragoncon phone ap that shows where the shuttle is currently. This is a simple addition to the application. (put a phone on the bus that never has to be touched by the driver it just reports the position to the phone ap for dragoncon visitors)  A lot of buses have it already built in for other reporting for the companies that own then. The location just needs to be exposed to the ap. If for some reason they can't/won't do it dragoncon can toss some cheap mobile phones on the bus to do the same thing.

Here is an expample ap http://www.ctabustracker.com/bustime/home.jsp

My disabled friend waited for hours no shuttle stopped at all. I am not exaggerating about the over 2 hour wait. I think they just drove by. He could not stand on corner obviously. He was sitting 4 feet back from it. With a GPS he could have seen it approach and stand up. He ended up having to use a taxi all weekend and we all had to pony up money to help.

Badge Pick up

We also were unaware of the diabled services for badge pick up but we had enough spare people to send scouts. We did find you guys and he got to sit while we went through the lines. A few signs with url to diabled services would have helped us and others.