Hello Jim and all
In your email you mentioned:
"As I walked up the ramp, one of the
convention hall employees sitting nearby said "Hey, that's for
disabled!. You can;t use that." In this situation since he didn't have
any key, and was 15 feet away, I said "I have a disability and I don't
need your permission" and didn't stop walking as I said it."
I have always avoided applying for any special parking permits etc for that
very reason. I don't think I could explain my reasons for needing special
permissions for parking because my issue is not one of physical mobility.
Basically, I cannot use public transport except for taxis and thus have to
drive my car any time I want to go into the city or other crowded
places(which is not all that far away from where I live). Parking is an
issue because 1). I do not have a choice to use public transport and 2). The
further away my car is parked to where it is I need to go, my comfort is
compromised equivalently. Because of agoraphobia, I need to have access to a
quick escape in order to allay panic attacks. Its hard enough to explain it
here let alone to try and make a case for the consideration of those who
issue parking permits. I manage to get by so its not a pressing issue but
you are right to suggest that people will make decisions based on a set of
criteria as to what constitutes disabilty which often relies on those
characteristics being observable.
Best regards
Laurence Bathurst
School of Occupation and Leisure Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Sydney
PO Box 170
Lidcombe NSW 1825
Australia
Ph: 61 2 9351 9509
Fax: 61 2 9351 9509
Email: [log in to unmask]
See School Website www.ot.cchs.usyd.edu.au
Home Ph: 61 2 9818 2050
Mobile Ph: 0407 069 441
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Davis" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: Labels & being ignored anyway
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