Re: Handicapped parkingwalker, cane, etc

[Guest guest]

I have a cane, crutches and a walker, but- usually my hands and wrists are in

too sore condition for me to use them. I cannot hold onto them. When I first

got them my hands only swelled occasionally- but now my wrists and fingers are

usually always in bad shape. I suppose maybe if I still used those things,

maybe people would not get so nasty.

I think you are right- maybe thats how they cheer themself up or something?

That is just sad.

I know when I still worked, people in wheelchairs often complained to me that

when strangers encountered them, often the starnger would talk to the person

with the one in the wheelchair, as if the person in the wheelchair could not

hear or speak? That has to be frustrating as well. Altho I know the other day

I had one of my kids in Chicago and a man was there in a scooter, (he had just

had knee replacement) and he was crashing around and yelling at people and being

pretty rude in his scooter. I kind of wished I had mine with me to give him a

ride for his money. LOL. SOmetimes this world can be a strange place.

- In , " Tawny " <tawnyokc@s...> wrote:

>

> I'm glad your alright, and your family. What a terrible incident,

> that man had a major problem! I know how you feel. I also have the

> handicapped placard, and I only use it when I have to, for the very

> same reason.

> People's crude remarks, stares, I don't understand why people have to

> be like this. I guess their not happy, unless they make someone else

> miserable, you think?

> We shouldn't have to feel guilty, we go through enough with our

> illness. Please, don't let it get you down. We just have to hold

> our heads high, and ignore them.

>

>

>

>

> > Hi everyone, hoope you are all OK?

> > Today something weird scary happened. I parked in handicapped

> parking and an older man began honking at me, screaming at me and

> chasing me down in his car. He was screaming all kinds of horrible

> things at me and I was afraid he was going to accidentally hit one of

> my kids. Store security came out and got me and the kids safe.

> >

> > I have some scary things happen to me a lot over my handicapped

> parking placard. My car gets keyed. People follow me thru stores

> taunting me. Once someone followed me home, honking at me and

> tailgating me. People glare at me.

> > I need handicapped parking because my feet are affected, msostly,

> sometimes my knees ankles or hips act up, bot often it is my toes and

> or feet themself. I have a scooter on the back of my car, but do not

> always use it, nor do I always use the in store scooters - for

> similar reasons- people glare- and stare and make rude comments.

> > People often say I am too young to be handicapped. I wear bell

> bottom jeans quite often and funky hats- sometimes little bitty

> braids, if my girls want to braid my waist length hair. I am 45.

> Other times people say I do not LOOK handicapped. Do they mean I

> have 2 legs?

> > The parking issue is complicated becuz my husband is a 100% service

> connected disabled Nam vet, and we have license plates for him. But

> I DO have a blue state issue handicapped placard, and if I forget to

> bring that, I do not even try to park in handicapped parking. I also

> have my Medicare card and a RTA-CTA handicapped riders pass. (for

> reduced fares and priority seating)

> > When I go to the laundromat, my husband follows me in HIS car and

> brings the laundry in and comes back when I am done to carry the

> laundry back out. On laundry day I cannot schedule any other

> physical chore for that day. On grocery shopping day, I cannot cook

> that nite nor plan anything else for THAT day. I have been having to

> make a 3 hour each way commute to chicago for my kids to see their

> doctors quite often the last 3 weeks, and the next day I am

> immobile. (lots of walking in UIC and SHriners hospitals, and in

> Chicago, etc and I do not have an electric lift for my scooter, so it

> is hard for me to use it when I am alone- besides, when people see me

> walk around to get the scooter, they glare and wonder why I use it at

> all if I can walk at all)

> >

> > I do not know why people do not understand many disabilities are

> ones that are not obvious to the casual observer. ALl they really

> need do is follow me for 2 minutes, watch how I walk, I kind of

> waddle sort of - watch how I close my car door- (with my butt, it

> hurts my fingers) watch how fast I grab a shopping cart to lean on,

> but how careufl I am in how I push it with my hands. Watch how I

> open doors to places of business, gosh they hurt my writsts and

> fingers terribly. Notice, I do not buy gallons of milk or any pop or

> jugs of juicce, they are too heavy. I do not buy cat litter or large

> bags of pet food, they are also too heavy. Nor do i buy bags of

> potatos or fruit. If I want to buy those things, I bring the kids

> with me..they put those things in the cart, up on the checker line

> and into the car. Watch when I write my check to pay. I do not hold

> my pen the same as most people, and watch me try to tear my check out

> of the checkbook.

> > I am starting to be scared of these people who get so nasty becuz

> they do not know what a " handicapped " person " looks " like. Truth is

> many people with no legs are so incredibly strong they can wheel a

> wheelchair for miles and not get worn out, they only need the extra

> space the handicapped parking gives them. Others of us need that

> closeness to the store.

[Guest guest]

I have a cane, crutches and a walker, but- usually my hands and wrists are in

too sore condition for me to use them. I cannot hold onto them. When I first

got them my hands only swelled occasionally- but now my wrists and fingers are

usually always in bad shape. I suppose maybe if I still used those things,

maybe people would not get so nasty.

I think you are right- maybe thats how they cheer themself up or something?

That is just sad.

I know when I still worked, people in wheelchairs often complained to me that

when strangers encountered them, often the starnger would talk to the person

with the one in the wheelchair, as if the person in the wheelchair could not

hear or speak? That has to be frustrating as well. Altho I know the other day

I had one of my kids in Chicago and a man was there in a scooter, (he had just

had knee replacement) and he was crashing around and yelling at people and being

pretty rude in his scooter. I kind of wished I had mine with me to give him a

ride for his money. LOL. SOmetimes this world can be a strange place.

- In , " Tawny " <tawnyokc@s...> wrote:

>

> I'm glad your alright, and your family. What a terrible incident,

> that man had a major problem! I know how you feel. I also have the

> handicapped placard, and I only use it when I have to, for the very

> same reason.

> People's crude remarks, stares, I don't understand why people have to

> be like this. I guess their not happy, unless they make someone else

> miserable, you think?

> We shouldn't have to feel guilty, we go through enough with our

> illness. Please, don't let it get you down. We just have to hold

> our heads high, and ignore them.

>

>

>

>

> > Hi everyone, hoope you are all OK?

> > Today something weird scary happened. I parked in handicapped

> parking and an older man began honking at me, screaming at me and

> chasing me down in his car. He was screaming all kinds of horrible

> things at me and I was afraid he was going to accidentally hit one of

> my kids. Store security came out and got me and the kids safe.

> >

> > I have some scary things happen to me a lot over my handicapped

> parking placard. My car gets keyed. People follow me thru stores

> taunting me. Once someone followed me home, honking at me and

> tailgating me. People glare at me.

> > I need handicapped parking because my feet are affected, msostly,

> sometimes my knees ankles or hips act up, bot often it is my toes and

> or feet themself. I have a scooter on the back of my car, but do not

> always use it, nor do I always use the in store scooters - for

> similar reasons- people glare- and stare and make rude comments.

> > People often say I am too young to be handicapped. I wear bell

> bottom jeans quite often and funky hats- sometimes little bitty

> braids, if my girls want to braid my waist length hair. I am 45.

> Other times people say I do not LOOK handicapped. Do they mean I

> have 2 legs?

> > The parking issue is complicated becuz my husband is a 100% service

> connected disabled Nam vet, and we have license plates for him. But

> I DO have a blue state issue handicapped placard, and if I forget to

> bring that, I do not even try to park in handicapped parking. I also

> have my Medicare card and a RTA-CTA handicapped riders pass. (for

> reduced fares and priority seating)

> > When I go to the laundromat, my husband follows me in HIS car and

> brings the laundry in and comes back when I am done to carry the

> laundry back out. On laundry day I cannot schedule any other

> physical chore for that day. On grocery shopping day, I cannot cook

> that nite nor plan anything else for THAT day. I have been having to

> make a 3 hour each way commute to chicago for my kids to see their

> doctors quite often the last 3 weeks, and the next day I am

> immobile. (lots of walking in UIC and SHriners hospitals, and in

> Chicago, etc and I do not have an electric lift for my scooter, so it

> is hard for me to use it when I am alone- besides, when people see me

> walk around to get the scooter, they glare and wonder why I use it at

> all if I can walk at all)

> >

> > I do not know why people do not understand many disabilities are

> ones that are not obvious to the casual observer. ALl they really

> need do is follow me for 2 minutes, watch how I walk, I kind of

> waddle sort of - watch how I close my car door- (with my butt, it

> hurts my fingers) watch how fast I grab a shopping cart to lean on,

> but how careufl I am in how I push it with my hands. Watch how I

> open doors to places of business, gosh they hurt my writsts and

> fingers terribly. Notice, I do not buy gallons of milk or any pop or

> jugs of juicce, they are too heavy. I do not buy cat litter or large

> bags of pet food, they are also too heavy. Nor do i buy bags of

> potatos or fruit. If I want to buy those things, I bring the kids

> with me..they put those things in the cart, up on the checker line

> and into the car. Watch when I write my check to pay. I do not hold

> my pen the same as most people, and watch me try to tear my check out

> of the checkbook.

> > I am starting to be scared of these people who get so nasty becuz

> they do not know what a " handicapped " person " looks " like. Truth is

> many people with no legs are so incredibly strong they can wheel a

> wheelchair for miles and not get worn out, they only need the extra

> space the handicapped parking gives them. Others of us need that

> closeness to the store.

[Guest guest]

It is hard to use them, when you have problems with your

hands,fingers, wrists, that is my problem also.

It is so trying to be disabled, you beat yourself up that it happened

to you, and then have to deal with so much negativity from others.

Too bad you couldn't have had your scooter,lol

> > > Hi everyone, hoope you are all OK?

> > > Today something weird scary happened. I parked in handicapped

> > parking and an older man began honking at me, screaming at me and

> > chasing me down in his car. He was screaming all kinds of

horrible

> > things at me and I was afraid he was going to accidentally hit

one of

> > my kids. Store security came out and got me and the kids safe.

> > >

> > > I have some scary things happen to me a lot over my handicapped

> > parking placard. My car gets keyed. People follow me thru

stores

> > taunting me. Once someone followed me home, honking at me and

> > tailgating me. People glare at me.

> > > I need handicapped parking because my feet are affected,

msostly,

> > sometimes my knees ankles or hips act up, bot often it is my toes

and

> > or feet themself. I have a scooter on the back of my car, but do

not

> > always use it, nor do I always use the in store scooters - for

> > similar reasons- people glare- and stare and make rude comments.

> > > People often say I am too young to be handicapped. I wear

bell

> > bottom jeans quite often and funky hats- sometimes little bitty

> > braids, if my girls want to braid my waist length hair. I am

45.

> > Other times people say I do not LOOK handicapped. Do they mean I

> > have 2 legs?

> > > The parking issue is complicated becuz my husband is a 100%

service

> > connected disabled Nam vet, and we have license plates for him.

But

> > I DO have a blue state issue handicapped placard, and if I forget

to

> > bring that, I do not even try to park in handicapped parking. I

also

> > have my Medicare card and a RTA-CTA handicapped riders pass.

(for

> > reduced fares and priority seating)

> > > When I go to the laundromat, my husband follows me in HIS car

and

> > brings the laundry in and comes back when I am done to carry the

> > laundry back out. On laundry day I cannot schedule any other

> > physical chore for that day. On grocery shopping day, I cannot

cook

> > that nite nor plan anything else for THAT day. I have been

having to

> > make a 3 hour each way commute to chicago for my kids to see

their

> > doctors quite often the last 3 weeks, and the next day I am

> > immobile. (lots of walking in UIC and SHriners hospitals, and in

> > Chicago, etc and I do not have an electric lift for my scooter,

so it

> > is hard for me to use it when I am alone- besides, when people

see me

> > walk around to get the scooter, they glare and wonder why I use

it at

> > all if I can walk at all)

> > >

> > > I do not know why people do not understand many disabilities

are

> > ones that are not obvious to the casual observer. ALl they really

> > need do is follow me for 2 minutes, watch how I walk, I kind of

> > waddle sort of - watch how I close my car door- (with my butt, it

> > hurts my fingers) watch how fast I grab a shopping cart to lean

on,

> > but how careufl I am in how I push it with my hands. Watch how I

> > open doors to places of business, gosh they hurt my writsts and

> > fingers terribly. Notice, I do not buy gallons of milk or any

pop or

> > jugs of juicce, they are too heavy. I do not buy cat litter or

large

> > bags of pet food, they are also too heavy. Nor do i buy bags of

> > potatos or fruit. If I want to buy those things, I bring the

kids

> > with me..they put those things in the cart, up on the checker

line

> > and into the car. Watch when I write my check to pay. I do not

hold

> > my pen the same as most people, and watch me try to tear my check

out

> > of the checkbook.

> > > I am starting to be scared of these people who get so nasty

becuz

> > they do not know what a " handicapped " person " looks " like. Truth

is

> > many people with no legs are so incredibly strong they can wheel

a

> > wheelchair for miles and not get worn out, they only need the

extra

> > space the handicapped parking gives them. Others of us need that

> > closeness to the store.

[Guest guest]

It is hard to use them, when you have problems with your

hands,fingers, wrists, that is my problem also.

It is so trying to be disabled, you beat yourself up that it happened

to you, and then have to deal with so much negativity from others.

Too bad you couldn't have had your scooter,lol

> > > Hi everyone, hoope you are all OK?

> > > Today something weird scary happened. I parked in handicapped

> > parking and an older man began honking at me, screaming at me and

> > chasing me down in his car. He was screaming all kinds of

horrible

> > things at me and I was afraid he was going to accidentally hit

one of

> > my kids. Store security came out and got me and the kids safe.

> > >

> > > I have some scary things happen to me a lot over my handicapped

> > parking placard. My car gets keyed. People follow me thru

stores

> > taunting me. Once someone followed me home, honking at me and

> > tailgating me. People glare at me.

> > > I need handicapped parking because my feet are affected,

msostly,

> > sometimes my knees ankles or hips act up, bot often it is my toes

and

> > or feet themself. I have a scooter on the back of my car, but do

not

> > always use it, nor do I always use the in store scooters - for

> > similar reasons- people glare- and stare and make rude comments.

> > > People often say I am too young to be handicapped. I wear

bell

> > bottom jeans quite often and funky hats- sometimes little bitty

> > braids, if my girls want to braid my waist length hair. I am

45.

> > Other times people say I do not LOOK handicapped. Do they mean I

> > have 2 legs?

> > > The parking issue is complicated becuz my husband is a 100%

service

> > connected disabled Nam vet, and we have license plates for him.

But

> > I DO have a blue state issue handicapped placard, and if I forget

to

> > bring that, I do not even try to park in handicapped parking. I

also

> > have my Medicare card and a RTA-CTA handicapped riders pass.

(for

> > reduced fares and priority seating)

> > > When I go to the laundromat, my husband follows me in HIS car

and

> > brings the laundry in and comes back when I am done to carry the

> > laundry back out. On laundry day I cannot schedule any other

> > physical chore for that day. On grocery shopping day, I cannot

cook

> > that nite nor plan anything else for THAT day. I have been

having to

> > make a 3 hour each way commute to chicago for my kids to see

their

> > doctors quite often the last 3 weeks, and the next day I am

> > immobile. (lots of walking in UIC and SHriners hospitals, and in

> > Chicago, etc and I do not have an electric lift for my scooter,

so it

> > is hard for me to use it when I am alone- besides, when people

see me

> > walk around to get the scooter, they glare and wonder why I use

it at

> > all if I can walk at all)

> > >

> > > I do not know why people do not understand many disabilities

are

> > ones that are not obvious to the casual observer. ALl they really

> > need do is follow me for 2 minutes, watch how I walk, I kind of

> > waddle sort of - watch how I close my car door- (with my butt, it

> > hurts my fingers) watch how fast I grab a shopping cart to lean

on,

> > but how careufl I am in how I push it with my hands. Watch how I

> > open doors to places of business, gosh they hurt my writsts and

> > fingers terribly. Notice, I do not buy gallons of milk or any

pop or

> > jugs of juicce, they are too heavy. I do not buy cat litter or

large

> > bags of pet food, they are also too heavy. Nor do i buy bags of

> > potatos or fruit. If I want to buy those things, I bring the

kids

> > with me..they put those things in the cart, up on the checker

line

> > and into the car. Watch when I write my check to pay. I do not

hold

> > my pen the same as most people, and watch me try to tear my check

out

> > of the checkbook.

> > > I am starting to be scared of these people who get so nasty

becuz

> > they do not know what a " handicapped " person " looks " like. Truth

is

> > many people with no legs are so incredibly strong they can wheel

a

> > wheelchair for miles and not get worn out, they only need the

extra

> > space the handicapped parking gives them. Others of us need that

> > closeness to the store.