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5:26am October 21, 2014
This thing has gotten more and more important the less I use my wheelchair. Yes, it was useful to unload my wheelchair and stuff. But if I was in a wheelchair that was in a car, I was being pushed anyway. Now when I have to walk with a cane, this is absolutely vital sometimes so I don’t have to walk long distances. But of course it has a wheelchair symbol on it… I wonder how long till my first “Why are you using that placard, you don’t look like you have trouble walking” is going to be? The cane should help, but from what I hear even forearm crutches aren’t always enough Oh this was also one of those bizarre ways I got accused of lying on the Internet. Because I have a handicapped placard, and I can’t drive. In Vermont at least, they issue handicapped placards on the basis of who is going to be in the car, not who specifically is driving it. And that’s true of most states that I’m aware of. I don’t know about other countries. Here, you get issued this thing, and you hang it on the rearview mirror of whatever car you’re riding in and then you can park in parking spaces that are closer to stores and have striped lanes for unloading wheelchairs into. They’re meant for anyone who has trouble walking distances, not just for wheelchair users.

This thing has gotten more and more important the less I use my wheelchair. Yes, it was useful to unload my wheelchair and stuff. But if I was in a wheelchair that was in a car, I was being pushed anyway.

Now when I have to walk with a cane, this is absolutely vital sometimes so I don’t have to walk long distances. But of course it has a wheelchair symbol on it… I wonder how long till my first “Why are you using that placard, you don’t look like you have trouble walking” is going to be? The cane should help, but from what I hear even forearm crutches aren’t always enough

Oh this was also one of those bizarre ways I got accused of lying on the Internet. Because I have a handicapped placard, and I can’t drive. In Vermont at least, they issue handicapped placards on the basis of who is going to be in the car, not who specifically is driving it. And that’s true of most states that I’m aware of. I don’t know about other countries. Here, you get issued this thing, and you hang it on the rearview mirror of whatever car you’re riding in and then you can park in parking spaces that are closer to stores and have striped lanes for unloading wheelchairs into. They’re meant for anyone who has trouble walking distances, not just for wheelchair users.

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  1. clatterbane reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    Yeah, I used to drive a blind guy around sometimes, and he had a handicapped parking thing. When I was driving my...
  2. nicocoer said: Yeah I have friends here in pa who dontdrivebut have them.
  3. maikisan said: I’m pretty sure it is the same everywhere. I’m surprised people don’t know this. Yes, the stripes are helpful for unloading, but proximity is so useful for those not on wheelchairs with other mobility impairments.
  4. ryanodine reblogged this from ooksaidthelibrarian and added:
    It’s definitely the same in canada (or at least Ontario), my grandma has one and she carries it with her so whoever is...
  5. ooksaidthelibrarian reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
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