On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:14:48 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

>Mainly it's just the concept that if someone is able to walk at all,
>then they don't deserve to have a "better" parking spot than everybody
>else.

The handicapped spaces in front of a store are usually limited to just
one or two spots, so I can see where a healthy deaf person would opt
not use it so that someone else could. I also understand the safety
issue of not being able to hear oncoming traffic and that it could be
a danger to a deaf person.
>
>What's the big deal about a parking space? Why would somebody walk up
>to a perfect stranger and start yelling at them because they didn't look
>sufficiently handicapped? How can somebody decide that deafness isn't a
>handicap as far as parking, when some doctor has decided that it is?

Jill wasn't making that call. She said deafness is an ADA issue and
they have a right to the placard. I thought she showed common sense
as would any deaf person. It's their call, but she put it into words.
For instance, I'd venture to guess that if they knew a senior center
was just up the street and seniors shopped where they were parking,
they would opt to let disabled seniors have access to the space.


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