Man says he couldn’t ride at Dollywood because of prosthetic leg
By WJHL Staff
JONESBOROUGH (WJHL) – A cell phone video taken by a local football coach during a family trip to Dollywood has gone viral. In it, Josh Edens, a football coach at David Crockett High School, says he wasn’t allowed to ride with his son on a ride called Rockin’ Roadway, because he has a prosthetic leg.
Edens said the park discriminated against him, requiring him to get a special pass before riding anymore rides.
“She informed me that without a blue card, I couldn’t ride any of the rides. That I had a visible disability and that I was different from the other patrons at Dollywood and because of that, I had to have a blue card,” he said.
Dollywood spokesman Pete Owens told News Channel 11 that the park has a designated Ride Accessibility Center to inform people about the requirements for each ride, and that anyone with a visible disability is required to have an Accessibility Pass...
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http://wate.com/2015/07/09/man-says-he-couldnt-ride-at-dollywood-because-of-prosthetic-leg/
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