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"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:

> "itsjoannotjoann" > wrote in message
> >
> I don't mind people having the handicap stickers/placards/plates at
> all. There are some who truly need to be parking in those spaces.
> Then there's a girl I work with who's aunt is a deaf mute and the aunt
> has a placard to park in those places. Yes, she is 'handicapped' but
> it has nothing to do with her ability to walk. She's a huge fan of
> yard sales and flea markets and never misses one.
>
> You have to wonder about her doctor. You need a doctor to sign off on the
> application and evidently hers is over liberal on the reasons for using
> one. Unethical, IMO. She does not have a mobility problem.

Perhaps you should talk to her doctor about it.

Handicapped people do not necessarily have a mobility problem, as far as
being able to walk. I don't know any deaf people, but I've read that
they have problems walking in parking lots or across streets. Drivers
just assume that pedestrians can hear them. Deaf people can't. There
is some (ridiculous) talk about putting noise generators on electric
cars, because people just can't hear them, and walk right in front of
them.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA