I am legally blind and I have a handicap placard for a car. I don't
drive but do have friends and family that do. In all honesty I do not
use it that often but it is good to have. I use it when ever a friend of
family member takes me grocery shopping or to the laundromat. I do not
'abuse' the card and have never felt guilty when using it.

George Cassell wrote:

>Each of us is free to choose whether or not we wish to avail ourselves of
>handicapped parking stalls.  But none of us has the right to tell any of the
>rest of us whether or not we may choose to do so.
>
>Being blind, one is, by both law and definition, handicapped / disabled.
>The parking stalls are reserved for those of us who are handicapped /
>disabled.  Meeting the qualifications thereof, we are entitled to request
>and receive a handicapped placard from our respective Departments of Motor
>Vehicles.  There is nothing unlawful or immoral in requesting and using such
>a placard, and there is no such thing as one disability having priority over
>any other.  If you legally have such a placard in your possession, you are
>freely entitle to use it, whenever and wherever you so desire, and you owe
>nobody  any explanation for using it.
>
>Those who wish to jump on their high horses, and try to tell the rest of us
>that we may not, or even should not park in such handicapped stalls, may
>certainly lead by example, parking in regular stalls, as much as they wish,
>and I will certainly not fault them for doing so.  But I will definitely
>take advantage of the vacant handicapped stall they leave behind for me!
>
>If, for whatever reason, there are not enough handicapped parking stalls
>available, it is certainly not the fault of any disabled person for parking
>in that stall, it is the fault of the location for not providing an adequate
>number of disabled parking stalls to accommodate the number of disabled
>patrons who frequent that parking lot.
>
>So if anyone wishes to campaign for or against something, then I suggest
>that they do something constructive for a change, and get the shopping
>centers to designate additional handicapped parking stalls, and leave the
>rest of us alone to enjoy life as best we can with the disabilities with
>which we have been burdened.
>
>-- George
>
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