It's nice to see invisible disabilities being recognized. People are telling the truth the great majority of the time and are not hypochondriacs, mentally ill, nor having an existential crisis they are running from. There have been personal trainers who have gone to the hospital for a cough, while looking and performing like the picture of health, only to get a scan that shows Stage 4 lung cancer. Or look at Alex Trebec, the host of jeopardy. He looked shiny, radiant, and clear when he got diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He looked like the picture of health as well. You can't always tell from the outside. If you could, there would be no need for blood work, MRI, or other various diagnostics and scans. Fighting a disability is hard enough. No need to have others throwing stones and words of denial as well. Before the MRI, Multiple Sclerosis was called Hysterical Paralysis. The system believed people were freezing up because they couldn't cope with life. Once the MRI came out, they found these people were actually physically ill and had lesions on their brains.
I have a disability, but not everything that helps all disabled people helps me. It feels like the argument for whether or not someone should park in a disabled bay goes as far as convincing people they are actually disabled, rather than do they actually need a disabled space to be able to integrate into society. I already know that invisible disabilities are real, and if you do have an invisible disability you deserve respect and support. That doesn’t mean you need access to disabled spaces however. (Doesn’t mean you don’t either, just saying it’s definitely not always needed, just because you’re disabled)
A simple Question here that needs answering :) Why do they not put the photo of person who has the blue badge facing upwards, so its easier to see if people are misusing the badge(picture doesn't match the person driving/or sitting in passenger seat) ?
Thanks again for having me! I blogged alllll about my recent experiences of Blue Badges and invisible illnesses, and why I believe the past system wasn’t fit for purpose, here: www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/2019/04/23/blue-badges-and-invisible-illness-my-experiences/
In part, this issue is because most city agencies do not do their job enforcing the laws protecting the disabled, no priority is assigned to correct or enforce the law. Large fines, towing, these actions can make money to pay for enforcement. If tickets were made payable when people get their car sticker, people would have no choice but to pay or no sticker, and another ticket and fine. It can be a real legitimate moneymaker for a city and protect
I really don’t understand tho. If you need to park close, but if you are getting ready to go walk around a shop, do you really need it? I’m a wheelchair user and I literally cannot get out of the car unless I have a disabled space. I understand that not everyone who needs these spaces are wheelchair users, but there are a lot of people that I just don’t understand why it’s deemed as so important that they have a badge, when then can get in and out of their cars in any space, and the size of the car parks they will park in are both not all massive, and they are going to be going inside a place to walk around. I’m not trying to argue, I genuinely don’t understand. And as someone who struggles every time I go out (I mean every time) to be able to even get out of my car because all the disabled bays are full, I care a lot about this issue.
Doesn’t matter wether you have a physical or hidden disability we are all disabled and didn’t ask to be we could all be allowed in disabled parking which I think there should be ones for wheelchairs and for ones for people with hidden disabilities as with most now there isn’t enough spaces. What about those with assistance dogs ?
I think your point is very fair. This video was very poor and did not explain anything. My son has severe Chronic Fatigue. He could walk slowly around a shop for 4-5 minutes., but if he walked for 1 minute across the car park, before and afterwards, he could manage only 2-3 minutes in the shop. We would really appreciate a bay CLOSE to the shop but it does not need to be WIDE. Therefore I think there should be two categories: 1: close and wide, 2. close. It would be really easy for shops to change the status of a few ordinary spaces close to the door.
People with ME or even conditions like PoTs suffer greater the longer they stand. And some can also be at risk of fainting. And so, being able to park a little closer, could be the difference between a trip to A&E or not. It's hard to understand anyones disability unless you have it yourself. And that is why it should be enough to just know somebody has a disability, without having to try to categorise it in some form.
I have brittle bones and hypermobile EDS, I have stress fractures in both the balls and heels of my feet. The longer I walk, the worse it gets. If I can cut time getting into the store. I can have time to finish my shopping. I usually can't do more than 1 errand at a time because walking around the store starts to hurt. If I have to park further, I just will be in even more pain. The more I walk, the sooner I have to go back on crutches or in my wheelchair. The cumulative time walking really fucks my feet up, so the less I HAVE to walk, the better.
I've got Autism, but if I was comfortable enough to get a licence, I would not want to have a handicap privilege because those spots are for people with serious enough conditions (Mentally and/or physically, visible or not) where it would save then a lot of trouble, so with these new laws, just make sure that those who have that privilege are those that actually need it. Also, people can have good days where nothing goes wrong, so for anyone who does have a permit for said spots, just let them be :)
I think because autism is such a spectrum it depends on each person how much they need a blue badge. Sometimes autistic people that need a lot of support can really panic in public. Parking near the entrance means that they're less likely to run into the road if this happens.
@@scifirocks I can see the point here, it would be nice if they looked into each individual Autistic/etc persons capabilities, fears/etc, because those spots are so limited.
It's nice to see invisible disabilities being recognized. People are telling the truth the great majority of the time and are not hypochondriacs, mentally ill, nor having an existential crisis they are running from. There have been personal trainers who have gone to the hospital for a cough, while looking and performing like the picture of health, only to get a scan that shows Stage 4 lung cancer. Or look at Alex Trebec, the host of jeopardy. He looked shiny, radiant, and clear when he got diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He looked like the picture of health as well. You can't always tell from the outside. If you could, there would be no need for blood work, MRI, or other various diagnostics and scans. Fighting a disability is hard enough. No need to have others throwing stones and words of denial as well. Before the MRI, Multiple Sclerosis was called Hysterical Paralysis. The system believed people were freezing up because they couldn't cope with life. Once the MRI came out, they found these people were actually physically ill and had lesions on their brains.
I have a disability, but not everything that helps all disabled people helps me. It feels like the argument for whether or not someone should park in a disabled bay goes as far as convincing people they are actually disabled, rather than do they actually need a disabled space to be able to integrate into society.
I already know that invisible disabilities are real, and if you do have an invisible disability you deserve respect and support. That doesn’t mean you need access to disabled spaces however. (Doesn’t mean you don’t either, just saying it’s definitely not always needed, just because you’re disabled)
A simple Question here that needs answering :) Why do they not put the photo of person who has the blue badge facing upwards, so its easier to see if people are misusing the badge(picture doesn't match the person driving/or sitting in passenger seat) ?
It's because of safety and privacy.
Thanks again for having me! I blogged alllll about my recent experiences of Blue Badges and invisible illnesses, and why I believe the past system wasn’t fit for purpose, here: www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/2019/04/23/blue-badges-and-invisible-illness-my-experiences/
In part, this issue is because most city agencies do not do their job enforcing the laws protecting the disabled, no priority is assigned to correct or enforce the law. Large fines, towing, these actions can make money to pay for enforcement. If tickets were made payable when people get their car sticker, people would have no choice but to pay or no sticker, and another ticket and fine. It can be a real legitimate moneymaker for a city and protect
It's not hard to read the booklet the badge comes with. It's also up to YOU to check what a area requires for free parking, never assume.
I recognise the car park Sainsbury's at least I know now I can go there with my Blue Badge thanks
I really don’t understand tho. If you need to park close, but if you are getting ready to go walk around a shop, do you really need it? I’m a wheelchair user and I literally cannot get out of the car unless I have a disabled space. I understand that not everyone who needs these spaces are wheelchair users, but there are a lot of people that I just don’t understand why it’s deemed as so important that they have a badge, when then can get in and out of their cars in any space, and the size of the car parks they will park in are both not all massive, and they are going to be going inside a place to walk around. I’m not trying to argue, I genuinely don’t understand. And as someone who struggles every time I go out (I mean every time) to be able to even get out of my car because all the disabled bays are full, I care a lot about this issue.
Jen White Couldn’t agrée more. I’m also a full time chair user. Same frustrations.
Doesn’t matter wether you have a physical or hidden disability we are all disabled and didn’t ask to be we could all be allowed in disabled parking which I think there should be ones for wheelchairs and for ones for people with hidden disabilities as with most now there isn’t enough spaces. What about those with assistance dogs ?
I think your point is very fair. This video was very poor and did not explain anything. My son has severe Chronic Fatigue. He could walk slowly around a shop for 4-5 minutes., but if he walked for 1 minute across the car park, before and afterwards, he could manage only 2-3 minutes in the shop.
We would really appreciate a bay CLOSE to the shop but it does not need to be WIDE.
Therefore I think there should be two categories: 1: close and wide, 2. close. It would be really easy for shops to change the status of a few ordinary spaces close to the door.
People with ME or even conditions like PoTs suffer greater the longer they stand.
And some can also be at risk of fainting.
And so, being able to park a little closer, could be the difference between a trip to A&E or not.
It's hard to understand anyones disability unless you have it yourself.
And that is why it should be enough to just know somebody has a disability, without having to try to categorise it in some form.
I have brittle bones and hypermobile EDS, I have stress fractures in both the balls and heels of my feet. The longer I walk, the worse it gets. If I can cut time getting into the store. I can have time to finish my shopping. I usually can't do more than 1 errand at a time because walking around the store starts to hurt. If I have to park further, I just will be in even more pain. The more I walk, the sooner I have to go back on crutches or in my wheelchair. The cumulative time walking really fucks my feet up, so the less I HAVE to walk, the better.
I've got Autism, but if I was comfortable enough to get a licence, I would not want to have a handicap privilege because those spots are for people with serious enough conditions (Mentally and/or physically, visible or not) where it would save then a lot of trouble, so with these new laws, just make sure that those who have that privilege are those that actually need it. Also, people can have good days where nothing goes wrong, so for anyone who does have a permit for said spots, just let them be :)
I think because autism is such a spectrum it depends on each person how much they need a blue badge. Sometimes autistic people that need a lot of support can really panic in public. Parking near the entrance means that they're less likely to run into the road if this happens.
@@scifirocks I can see the point here, it would be nice if they looked into each individual Autistic/etc persons capabilities, fears/etc, because those spots are so limited.
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