There are a lot of reasons I despise a lot of television

[aesmael]

Here is an example of one of them:

So I pass. Most of the time, I pass. I’ve used the parking permit maybe four times, because I don’t want people looking at me, staring because I’m not in a wheelchair, conspicuously inspecting my car looking for a placard, heckling me and asking what my diagnosis is, just as that TV current affairs show encouraged them to do last year.

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[lost-angelwings.livejournal.com]

wth? >.<

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Headdesk

A blind friend of mine (she uses a guide dog who was on the back seat at this point) was given this sort of treatment getting out of a friend's car in a reserved slot in Eastbourne recently.

Hey people- blind folks CAN actually walk, you know.......Sigh :o(

This is the reason we don't own a television......

I'm sorry you had to experience this crap :o(

[mantic-angel.livejournal.com]

"I'm allergic to assholes. Could you please step back, sir?"

There are times I really do not feel inclined to play the role of "respectful minority", even though I realize said role makes life better for both me and others.

Although really, I'd probably just memorize the silliest or longest medical term I could find, rattle it off, and refuse to explain ^.^

(Also, um, had a blind friend with a placard. Do people seriously assume those are exclusively for wheelchairs? Guh!)

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

I suspect that the problem is that people always seem to expect a 'visible' disability involving an inability to be easily mobile. Would that it were that simple! A small example is my hyperphotosensitivity- it isn't disabling and certainly not visible except when people start to fire off flashguns in enclosed spaces- it then sometimes leaves me blind for minutes at a time..........