I'm going to tell a true strory. My father had congestive heart
failure. even though he could barely stand up and walk, due to both
lack of strength and pain in his legs due to pore blood circulation. His
doctor once opined that he shouldn't be able to get out of bed in the
morning let alone climb a flight of stairs, which he did every day, to
get to his office with quite some difficulty. For the last 5 years of
his life he refused to get a handicapped permit, even though he easily
qualified, because he wouldn't take a space from someone who needed it
more than he did. Everytime I see someone who can easily exit a sports
car and walk a couple hundred yards in one of those spaces it makes my
blood boil, just a little.
On 4/22/2010 2:13 PM, Jerry in Arizona wrote:
Well, I also drive a sports car (87 Alfa Romeo spider) with my chair stuffed
into the boot. Took a bit of shadetree engineering to let me operate the
clutch since my left leg is amputated below the knee. I use knee pads to let
me crawl to and from the trunk to access my chair. Truth is, you can't tell
since many disabilities are internal (i.e. heart, lung problems), but I am also
angry about disability cheaters. Have to depend on the honesty of the doctors
since they have to attest to the disability, at least in Texas and here in
Arizona.
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:41:43 -0400
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Since they seem to give out those handicapped stickers to just about
anyone for anything, (I should really take a few pictures of the
absurdities of sports cars with handicapped hangers in those spaces),
how can you tell.
On 4/22/2010 11:19 AM, Jerry in Arizona wrote:
Being a wheelchair bound person, my answer is NO. I just hate the able bodied
who take up those spaces.
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