A difficult one that. At the college where I do sign I am allowed to park in the carpark because of my health problems - but because it's balance and not 'mobility' and probably not permanent I'm not entitled to blue-badge, or even the college's own badges.
Yet, when I go into the carpark (my name is on some list) I'm explicitly TOLD to park in the disabled bays. We've had our car ticketed for being in the space which I try not to get annoyed by, because we were told to park there. I know it is aimed at people who shouldn't be there. I know I don't 'look' ill, I don't have a stick and I'm more likely to look drunk!
Blue badges are great if you can get them - I am glad your dad is entitled to it, and able to use it. Taking the things which make life a little easier when someone has a disability is something I strongly believe in. I know so many people who would probably be justified in having a blue-badge either some of the time (variable disability), or short term, but there's no provision for people with those kind of needs. A problem, with the system which makes it hard to distinguish between genuinely lazy people, and invisibly disabled people.
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Date: 2006-02-21 11:48 pm (UTC)From:Yet, when I go into the carpark (my name is on some list) I'm explicitly TOLD to park in the disabled bays. We've had our car ticketed for being in the space which I try not to get annoyed by, because we were told to park there. I know it is aimed at people who shouldn't be there. I know I don't 'look' ill, I don't have a stick and I'm more likely to look drunk!
Blue badges are great if you can get them - I am glad your dad is entitled to it, and able to use it. Taking the things which make life a little easier when someone has a disability is something I strongly believe in.
I know so many people who would probably be justified in having a blue-badge either some of the time (variable disability), or short term, but there's no provision for people with those kind of needs. A problem, with the system which makes it hard to distinguish between genuinely lazy people, and invisibly disabled people.