This makes me mad, as we have 3 boys with special needs, 1 of whom uses a wheelchair we make good use of the area for disabled at the parades, we arrive in plenty of time, put the kids against the rope and then kneel directly behind them so that we're not obstructing the views of others, (a good 45 mins kneeling isn't exactly comfortable) but we happily do it cos we're grateful and try to be conscious of other guests, what drives me insane is when people arrive last minute and as the parade is starting push their kids in front, thinking its ok. this bugs me for 2 reasons- if youre in the disabled area as an adult and can have 1 guest it's either your own child who should remain with you or your child is disabled in which case you should be by their side not 6 feet away looking the other way with4 layers of people between you. and also ive arrived early so that my son has space and me as a barrier so that he doesn't accidentally hurt anyone with his twitching and spasming. this is really hard to do when another kid gets pushed in front of him,. grrrrrr
sorry mini rant over