The Uit met Autisme Foundation believes that Plopsa Indoor Coevorden discriminates against adults with autism. People with autism must be accompanied by a supervisor if they want to use a low-stimulus queue. In addition, accompanying persons must pay an entrance fee, while accompanying persons of wheelchair users or blind people do not have to pay this.
“Someone with autism is required to bring a supervisor. We are disappointed with this,” says Romano Sandee, director of the Uit met Autisme Foundation. The question of whether Plopsa discriminates will be submitted to the Human Rights Institute in Utrecht next Thursday.
Sandee calls the obligation a restriction of the autonomy of adults. “If you are a minor, it makes sense that your parents are with you, regardless of whether you have autism. But if you are 20, that is illogical. Such a person can act independently.”
He explains that for some people with autism it is nice to go to an amusement park. “With autism, there is often an excess of brain activity, which means that the head is always full. An attraction can activate an excess of physical sensors due to speed or certain sensations, causing the head to be put on pause.”