02-17-2022, 07:33 PM
I had a friend when I was in the Air Force who lost a leg. He went to Walter Reed and was equipped with a prosthetic leg and was able to remain in the Air Force. To watch him walk in uniform you would have never known. One day he parked in a handicapped spot, because he was handicapped. He was walking into the store when he was stopped and read the riot act about parking in a handicapped spot. I asked him if he showed the other person his prosthetic leg. He said, no I didn't, I don't have to prove anything to anyone.
My wife has had cancer, neuropathy in her extremities, has part of one lung missing because of mold in her lung, has had to have about a foot of her colon removed, is unable to work and is on disability. But to look at her no one would know. I am sure sometimes we get stares when we park in a handicapped spot and we try not to use those spots as much as possible.
Not everyone has a disability that is as evident as a wheelchair, but I am sure like everywhere people abuse the system, which really sucks.
They need to have handicapped spots for wheelchair bound individuals that are separate than just handicapped spots. I know I have seen some sporting events, my hometown hockey team for example, that have a section that doesn't have bolted down seats to allow for wheelchair access and then seats that can be added for friends of the individual.
I wish you luck in getting a response from the stadium and sure hope they take your situation and come to a solution that helps you out.
My wife has had cancer, neuropathy in her extremities, has part of one lung missing because of mold in her lung, has had to have about a foot of her colon removed, is unable to work and is on disability. But to look at her no one would know. I am sure sometimes we get stares when we park in a handicapped spot and we try not to use those spots as much as possible.
Not everyone has a disability that is as evident as a wheelchair, but I am sure like everywhere people abuse the system, which really sucks.
They need to have handicapped spots for wheelchair bound individuals that are separate than just handicapped spots. I know I have seen some sporting events, my hometown hockey team for example, that have a section that doesn't have bolted down seats to allow for wheelchair access and then seats that can be added for friends of the individual.
I wish you luck in getting a response from the stadium and sure hope they take your situation and come to a solution that helps you out.
