"kilikini" > wrote in message
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> jmcquown wrote:
>> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> t...
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>>> "itsjoannotjoann" > wrote in message
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>>> 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.
>> I have to agree, Ed. True, deafness is a handicap but it doesn't
>> mean the person gets to park closest to the front door of the shop.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I wanted to apply for a handicap sticker after my second surgery when my
> lower abdominal muscles were removed and I know I would have qualified. I
> still walk all hunched over and walk really slowly, but I decided it was
> better for me to try to push myself, so I never applied. I just grab onto
> my husband's beltloop on his pants as he walks forward and propels me.
> LOL. I'm sure it looks funny, but hey, it's our form of cheap therapy!
> :~)

For years I had to hold someone's hand for balance. I couldn't go anywhere
by myself because I couldn't walk by myself. If I had the misfortune to be
with someone who didn't realize I needed them for balance, I would be stuck
standing there, attempting to right myself and at the most, inching my way
along. Very annoying.