My parents do that.
--- Anthony Arnold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Here in North Dakota, there are the usual laws
> about handicapped parking,
> but I haven't yet seen a policeman enforce
> them, because I know some parents
> of people with disabilities, who think nothing
> of parking in a handicapped
> parking spot even when they don't have the
> individual with. There have been
> times when we have decided not to use a
> handicapped parking spot, and there
> comes a mother to a handicapped girl, and she
> thought nothing of parking
> there even without her daughter's presents.
> Funny thing is she calls
> herself a big advocate for people with
> disabilities, even when she herself
> takes advantage of the system more than what I
> will probably do in my
> lifetime.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kathleen Salkin
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:36 PM
> Subject: Re: disability related venting
>
>
> I suppose it's one of the many advantages of
> living in North Dakota, eh?
> <grin>
>
> Kat
>
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 14:28:14 -0500 Anthony
> Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> You're right because we have had a
> handicapped parking tag for at least 20
> years, and I don't remember ever having to go
> to the doctor to renew it.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
> Visit me at http://www.ara1.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kathleen Salkin
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 1:44 PM
> Subject: Re: disability related venting
>
>
> You know, Anthony, I wonder the same thing
> every time I have to go to my
> doctor to get my handicapped tag renewed for
> my car. Seems to me once one
> is diagnosed as a CP, he or she could have a
> tag forever without the
> hassle
> of renewal, but I suppose it's easier to put
> the burden on us, the drivers
> and doctors, rather than on the state and
> DMV.
>
> Kat
>
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:28:51 -0500 Anthony
> Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> I don't want to sound that I don't like
> following rules and laws, I do
> follow them because there's no other way to
> work around them. But
> however,
> I don't really understand the reasoning, if
> we have Cerebral Palsy or
> some
> other non-curable disability that is
> medically known to last forever,
> why
> do
> we have to continue running to the doctor
> to get ADA certified every 4
> years, to me it's a waste of the doctor's
> time just for something that's
> already known. I know that it has to be
> this way in cases like car
> accidents or whatever and a person only
> needs help for a short time, but
> we
> should have different levels of
> certifications.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
> Visit me at http://www.ara1.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Hyatt
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:41 PM
> Subject: Re: disability related venting
>
>
> Actually, it does but I've never been ADA
> certified for it. If this
> goes
> on much longer though I'm going to become
> certified beleive me. In fact,
> I
> have a ton of the applications at work that
> I hand out for our clients.
> I
> guess now I may have to certify myself...
> Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bill, doesn't Fresno have a
> paratransit van? Or a bus that goes near
> your
> home? these things frustrate ll of us!
>
>
>
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