I Just Scratch My Head...

[Arnie Guida]

...had to run to Pick&Save, and there's a bee randy new 3/4 ton, crew cab pickup, 4x4, lift kit, with the most expensive Western combination snowplow you can buy mounted on the front...with disabled plates on it in the handicap parking spot.

A middle aged couple came out of the store got in, and off they went.

How in the heck can a person be disabled and climb in and out of a truck THAT tall every day?

Somebody PLEASE 'splain dat to me...

[Abigail Cooper]

I am permanently disabled, bedridden, and also an investor with a couple of deals under my belt - so allow me to fill you in on some basics.

I can’t even stand up and it took me 3 years to get disability. This “most are faking” stuff is not backed up by any statistic and is only propagated by people who don’t even have a tertiary understanding of the years, long income free nightmare that is getting disability status. People die waiting to have their cases heard. You talk like this because you haven’t a clue how hard it is to be completely incapacitated then go through a year’s long system to have to prove it. I had 9 doctors/PT’s vouch for me. It still took years.

Second, and this should be blindingly obvious, not every disabled person is in a wheelchair. How many thousands of serious diseases are you familiar with? I have a friend with pulmonary fibrosis. When she doesn’t wear her oxygen tank you can’t tell she’s ill, but walking more than a block can kill her. She could sure as hell drive a truck though, and why shouldn’t see? It’s her right to live her life. I know someone who’s autonomous nervous system slows down. Same deal, too much exertion will kill him. These people have disabilities that will be fatal at some point, but won’t prevent them from getting in a truck. The fact that you think getting in a truck (or any other single action you can watch a person do) is the barometer of a disabling condition reveals your ignorance.

You’re also forgetting that a couple can own a truck and one of them may be disabled. Many times a disabled person needs to be driven by a caregiver, and that’s the car with the sticker because they require close parking. Maybe one person does physical labor so that’s the vehicle they need. Who knows? Who cares? The point is that there are a million ways for this to be a valid situation with a truly disabled person.

The ignorance & prejudice about disability I’ve seen running rampant on this forum is pretty gross.

If you “don’t understand” then the answer is to educate yourself. Not to complain that sick people you can’t put a bullseye on dare to exist.