Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for January 23, 2013

Poor taste used here — Doctor’s decide if you’re disabled, not the general public nuisance

I believe non-handicapped persons parking in those spaces are handicapped in their own way.

Nice to see such fine awareness on this issue.

Knew a 17 yr old neighbor with a handicap sticker. I thought it was bogus till she died a year later in a heart and lung transplant. You never know…

I’ll be glad to have a handicap sticker when I need one. I’m glad I don’t need one yet.

There are some that have them that don’t need them. That will never be me.

Costanza!

exoticdoc2, you are so right! My dad had one after heart surgery. He looked just fine on the outside. He said if anyone wanted to make a fuss over it; he’ll take off his shirt and show them his scar.

I like to tell those people that it doesn’t mean “mentally handicapped”

I agree that some people do not show they are handicapped but there are a lot of people out there that need to be shot so they can use the spot

don’t judge a handicap by sight. Pain is invisible.

While it takes an MD to get a handicap tag issued, I’ve seen them used by their relatives when they weren’t with the person who the tag was for .. in fact, a local politician was caught doing that.

the comments here are right on. You just can’t tell by outward apopearances in many cases. The strip was in poor taste or misleading, at best.

They’re going to need a lot more handicap spaces in about ten years for all of us Boomers!

My thanks too, to all of those who understand you can’t tell by looking. I’m able to get a Handicap Parking permit, but I choose not to in order to leave those spaces open for those worse off than me. I’ll save mine until when I think I really need one. Right now I consider the extra walk as needed exercise.

i hate the ones who park in a handicap spot with no sticker or handicap license plate…..

I have a slight handicap, no depth perception. Not only do I steer clear of the handicap spaces, I’m one of those lone parkers you see at the far ends of the lots (so I don’t have to worry about “bumping into” anyone).

Thanks for taking a good spot away from the rest of us.

Nice

Okay. I’ve read all the comments about how one may not be able to tell who is a “walking wounded”, if you will. But consider this: If they are so handicapped that they need to park closer to the a building then how are they able to walk around in a building?

I’ll add my two cents that a disability is not always visible.