Security host alleges retaliation after seeking accommodation for vision condition
A Disney World security worker claims the company banned her doctor-prescribed smart glasses, then retaliated when she complained, raising questions about how employers handle emerging assistive technology.
Angeliz E. Bruno Cedeno filed suit against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts on October 23, 2025, in federal court in Florida, alleging the company discriminated against her disability and punished her for pushing back.
Bruno Cedeno, 29, has worked as a security host at Disney World in Orlando since July 29, 2022, earning $22 an hour. She says postpartum eye conditions left her with light sensitivity and astigmatism that substantially limits her ability to see. Her doctor prescribed Meta smart glasses as a medical device to assist with her vision-related accommodation needs.
For a time, she wore the glasses at work without incident or complaint from management. Then everything changed on June 5, 2025.
That day, her manager Tim Isaacs pulled her into a closed-door meeting without allowing her union representative present, which she says violated her Weingarten rights. Isaacs and another manager, Joel Torres, pressed her for private medical details about her prescription and lens specifications. The meeting continued publicly in the screening area in front of her coworkers, she says, leaving her embarrassed and humiliated.
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