To be able to use the disabled parking there must be some reason, physical, neurological, or otherwise, that impairs you from walking to the building comfortably. This has to do with mobility disabilities. This is what Shel was referring to. Perhaps it would behoove to get off the disability horse you seem to enjoy riding and actually read what Shel90 meant. Her ears have nothing to do with her walking and therefore she should not use the disabled parking. If you feel that disabled parking should be available to you because doctors say you are disabled then why don’t you get a wheelchair and a white cane with a red tip since those are tools used by other people with disabilities. But that seems silly doesn’t it because neither a wheelchair, nor a cane have anything to do with your “disability” so why use them…. since they have nothing to do with your disability then why park in the disabled parking… Yeah Shel90 was right in what she said. Also if we go off of what doctors tell us, then Black people should be considered 3/5th human and Native Americans are a species like dogs and are sub-human. If we believed everything doctors said my dad would be blind with glaucoma and completely immobile with RA. But nearly 20 years after they told him he would not walk or move his other joints and would be locked in one position for the rest of his life, he retired from the fire dept completely mobile, oh and sighted he never went blind from the glaucoma and in fact no longer has it. Which is another thing doctors tell you that glaucoma never leaves, well my dad had it for nearly 10 years and then… he didn’t. If you truly feel that doctors are all knowing then you have other issues which you may need to talk to another type of doctor about.
We are NOT disabled.
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To be able to use the disabled parking there must be some reason, physical, neurological, or otherwise, that impairs you from walking to the building comfortably. This has to do with mobility disabilities. This is what Shel was referring to. Perhaps it would behoove to get off the disability horse you seem to enjoy riding and actually read what Shel90 meant. Her ears have nothing to do with her walking and therefore she should not use the disabled parking. If you feel that disabled parking should be available to you because doctors say you are disabled then why don’t you get a wheelchair and a white cane with a red tip since those are tools used by other people with disabilities. But that seems silly doesn’t it because neither a wheelchair, nor a cane have anything to do with your “disability” so why use them…. since they have nothing to do with your disability then why park in the disabled parking… Yeah Shel90 was right in what she said. Also if we go off of what doctors tell us, then Black people should be considered 3/5th human and Native Americans are a species like dogs and are sub-human. If we believed everything doctors said my dad would be blind with glaucoma and completely immobile with RA. But nearly 20 years after they told him he would not walk or move his other joints and would be locked in one position for the rest of his life, he retired from the fire dept completely mobile, oh and sighted he never went blind from the glaucoma and in fact no longer has it. Which is another thing doctors tell you that glaucoma never leaves, well my dad had it for nearly 10 years and then… he didn’t. If you truly feel that doctors are all knowing then you have other issues which you may need to talk to another type of doctor about.
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Yeah, that about sums it up right, Southern. Now maybe Jasin can confirm that he/she has a parking placard for something other than just merely being deaf and nothing else. If he/she was issued one based solely on being HoH or deaf, and nothing else, the individual who issued it made an error.
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Would deaf and lazy count as a qualification for handicapped parking? I consider laziness as a handicap...Also I know people with asthma that qualify for handicap parking. It is not visible, but it makes long walking difficult.
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Hmmmm Jasin... Ignorant??? Perhaps the ignorance is on your part. I too was ignorant much like you on the subject untill some deafies pointed out to me that there are two different ways to view deafness. It was also re-enforced by many articles found on the web. Perhaps you should learn about deaf culture and how some deafies view themselves before you go calling others ignorant.
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I don't see what she said isn't true. If you don't have any limitations ( limitations such as post polio sydrome) then you should not be parking in the handicapped spot. Except if you are blind.
and believe it or not, majority of people have some kind of disability. Maybe they should have that parking spot because they wear glasses. Or if they are missing an arm (if it is leg, I would understand because it is limitation to go from your car to the store)
I'm sorry i couldn't help myself, blind people don't typically drive and so therefore wouldn't park unless there are new kinds of cars that drive blind people.
LOL i am just picking at you. =)
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The reason I think they should be allow to have the handicapped parking spot because someone else does the driving for them (like a sister or someone) . If they were forced to park way back, blind people would keep bumping into cars and they have to walk slower to be extra careful, which can make them late for an appointment. If you think about it, it is a whole day wasted just trying to be careful not to get bumped into anything.
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I know, that's why I gave you a
but someone else, who knows, would actually think it is dumb so I wanted to make it clear why they should be allowed. It is the same reason people think it is dumb to have Braille on ATM, when in fact, blind people trust ATM to hand over their money than people.
but someone else, who knows, would actually think it is dumb so I wanted to make it clear why they should be allowed. It is the same reason people think it is dumb to have Braille on ATM, when in fact, blind people trust ATM to hand over their money than people.
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who drive them to the bank in the first place? It could be a taxi driver. would you trust a taxi driver to manage your money?
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Can you tell me what your'e getting at as it relates to my comment? I was saying if one is ONLY deaf and has no other, visible or otherwise handicapping condition, one can't legally have a HC parking placard.
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The reason I think they should be allow to have the handicapped parking spot because someone else does the driving for them (like a sister or someone) . If they were forced to park way back, blind people would keep bumping into cars and they have to walk slower to be extra careful, which can make them late for an appointment. If you think about it, it is a whole day wasted just trying to be careful not to get bumped into anything.
We've got a blind student at the college where I work and am working on my grad degree--he walks 6 blocks from off campus housing to classes every day. He has a service dog, but still--he doesn't ask for any special privileges fro parking or anything. Blindness doesn't affect his mobility. On the other hand, I have a friend who has a pacemaker, and he does have a handicapped sticker for parking, because walking too far, particularly in the heat, could cause his built in defibrilator to fire and cause him to loose consciousness.
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I give up. I am tired of needing to spell every thought I have until the entire class gets it. I am agreeing with you. I was commenting on how the person acted like they should have a parking permit because they are deaf, and I added lazy because....they must be lazy to want the permit. GET IT?
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Gotcha. Was not expecting to have debate come from person I was quoting there. Asthma is a qualifying condition, as some people have asthma to the point of making any long walks very difficult. It is an unseen ailment that makes normal life difficult. People see someone with asthma parking in handicap spot and wonder whats wrong. I have seen what asthma is like, and I am glad it is not my illness! Hope we can be pals...my lower lip is quivering, eyes welling....
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he walks on a sidewalk, doesn't he? if so, he is out of the traffics way AND he knows his the surrounding very well since he walk everyday.
In the parking lot, it is unpredictable. You have cars that parked too far out or in (which you caused you to weave in and out when you walk), you have cars backing out on you, etc. If you park closer to the store, you won't have to waste your time being extra careful. I have a blind person in my church, and her sister have to hold her arm to guide her to the car. they move very slow because of this.