Anonymous wrote:I'm 26, have cancer, and have started chemo. As long as I have my hair, you'll assume I'm perfectly healthy. I'm still going to park in the handicap spot though since I can't climb the stairs to my bedroom without sitting down. What the fuck does it matter to you, the able bodied person with no hang tag?

+1

I have a young family member with MS (late 20s). She's no longer able to work and got approved for SS her first time through, but you'd never know to look at her unless she was deep into a flare up and able to ambulate properly. She'll use the parking tag and try to go mid week day to avoid the stares, but she'll try and avoid using her walker/wheelchair or using the motorized cart during the day because people glare at her like she's some jerk doing it for attention. So a trip to target for toilet paper wipes her out for a day or so.

Is it so hard to just assume that people are dealing with invisible disabilities, instead of assuming that everyone is cheating the system to park three or four spaces closer and you're the one getting the shaft?
Sheesh, given our obesity rates, is it such a bad idea that most of us able-bodies walk the width of a parking lot.

Anonymous wrote:Not all disabilities are clearly visible, but I agree with PP, this guy was probably messing with you.

Unfortunately, there are people who abuse handicap parking.

Really, because mutism is not a real thing?

Anonymous wrote:Abuse/fraud in obtaining handicap tags/stickers is rampant in DC.

-and that sort of fraud speaks to the mentality of many people living in the DC area (though not all, of course!).

Can't wait to move someplace with a lower percentage of asshole residents.

We just did and I can't tell you how awesome it is. It's startling how nice people are elsewhere. Hard to get used to actually!

Abuse/fraud in obtaining handicap tags/stickers is rampant in DC.

-and that sort of fraud speaks to the mentality of many people living in the DC area (though not all, of course!).

Can't wait to move someplace with a lower percentage of asshole residents.

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Anonymous wrote:I'll make a deal with you. If I EVER see a person in a wheelchair waiting for the stall when I come out on the rare times I do use one, I'll report back here immediately. Should happen sometime between now and never. It has NEVER happened.

Have you seen anyone yet?

Nope! Spent the ENTIRE summer at the pool. Haven't had it happen yet.

The fact that you think your anecdote about summer at the pool (the pool!!!) is a good statistical analysis of whether motorically disabled handicapped persons are waiting behind able-bodied people to use handicapped bathroom stalls really says a lot about your critical thinking skills.

It was a very specific question, asked what, a year ago, about a specific scenario that I presented and this person continued to argue with me about, that I answered. So yes, it was a direct response to the question asked, not a statistical analysis about all disabled people. Relax.