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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my preemie twins were discharged after a long NICU stay they automatically gave me a handicapped permit, valid for 6 months which was as long as they expected them to be on tubes and o2 and things. I never used it once bc it wasn’t like the twins were walking and needed to be close. It seemed selfish to use when I was an able bodied person who would be taking them to all of their appts, but it was definitely part of their discharge packet [/quote]

I think they gave you that pass because the preemie twins were considered temporarily disabled people, with the tubes and o2. I don't think it would have been selfish to use the pass, because you had to get the temporarily disabled passengers (the twins) into wherever you were going.[/quote]

Yes that's why they gave it to me but it seemed stupid b/c whoever was going to be taking them in was not disabled so seemed selfish to take a parking spot (primarily at the hospital) from someone else who was.[/quote]

But presumably the twins had some equipment (tubes, tank) so their medical equipment would have to be transported also.

I'm not disabled, but my father is-he has a pass for his car (that he can't drive) and when I drive him places, I park in the handicapped spot. I have to open the doors wide to get him out and unfold the wheelchair and get him out of the car, and then push him the distance to where he's going. The handicapped spots are not just for disabled 'drivers'. [/quote]

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