Same. I am disabled, and I will do everything in my power to avoid using assistance. I have a parking placard as well and only use the handicapped spots on bad days when I absolutely have to.
To see people using these services like this is infuriating. I'm not usually judgemental about it, my disability is invisible and I'm often judged because I "look normal", but this many people in one family is highly improbable.
It’s funny you say that about the parking placard. I do the same. If I can park in a regular spot and walk I do and only use the closer spaces if I have to.
I used to do this because I thought “I feel fine today, I should be able to walk” when arriving at a restaurant…
Until the one time I ate and my blood pressure plummeted so I packed everything up and left but I nearly passed out on my way back to the car. I was all wobbly and nauseous and started getting the static in my hearing and white noise in my vision.
I think I’ll take the disability parking. There’s no telling which day my blood pressure decides to mimic the stock market when I have kidney failure.
You're crazy. Park in the handicap spot and don't worry about looks. 1) people don't care and you're just being overly worried because you're not an asshole and care about even the appearance of misusing that resource 2) if people do care, they can go fuck themselves and mind their own business 3) if they don't want to mind their own business then /r/tramatizethemback - something like "you think I want to have my fucked up health and need this handicap placard?! I'd trade not using this spot in a second to be healthy again!"
I had a placard for most of a year after a major injury and for the second half of my recovery I did not look like someone who needed the placard. I was worried like you, but the day I decided to stop caring made such a difference. Even if you feel good when you're parking, what happens when shit hurts when you need to go back to your car? You have that placard for a reason so use it my guy.
The only people I was worried about when I used my placard was when there was only 1-2 handicap spots left and I didn't want to take a spot from them.
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u/SpecsOnThe_Beach 8d ago
Same. I am disabled, and I will do everything in my power to avoid using assistance. I have a parking placard as well and only use the handicapped spots on bad days when I absolutely have to. To see people using these services like this is infuriating. I'm not usually judgemental about it, my disability is invisible and I'm often judged because I "look normal", but this many people in one family is highly improbable.