Disabled car spaces

[Bizzy Lizzy]

I remember someone telling me once that she saw a fairly young couple park in a disabled space. They got out of the car and went to the road, she held his hand and they both dashed across. This person felt she had to say something so she approached the woman and asked why she had a blue badge. The woman was very polite and even apologetic and said, "I know it is not obvious but I am totally blind". Much embarrassment.

[Daisy]

BL - this is the problem when someone has a 'hidden' disability. When my GS1 was small he found any shopping trip highly traumatic (he has high-functioning autism) and would just run blindly to get away from what was upsetting/frightening him. Shopping in a town centre was a nightmare, but sometimes there was no alternative, eg buying new shoes for him. Several people suggested my DIL applied for a blue badge for him, so she could park outside places she really needed to visit, but she felt it wasn't justified.

[Gemini]

MS is another hidden one. Sufferers can be unable to walk during bad phases, but more or less OK at others.

[ZIZI]

I have only ever parked in a disabled bay when I have had Plant with me in Birmingham and we use her blue badge.

I did see once in Tesco car park an argument that turned into a fist fight between a disabled younger man and a fully fit man who had parked in a disabled bay. The younger man was very obviously disabled on the legs department and the abhorrent able bodied man was kicking him in the legs and punching him. I ran for a security guard who could not care less.

I think supermarkets should police the disabled and parent parking bays. I used to report cars parked in the disabled bays but nothing got done so I gave up.