Being diagnosed chronic illness is a life changing experience and many times it’s something you are born with or developed. Handicapped parking has always been a touchy subject because many times people with chronic illnesses can look as normal as the next person, but they could still be in a lot of pain, making their disability invisible to others.
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What people have to remember is that handicapped parking is not a perk for having a chronic illness–it’s a necessity for many people living with pain or a disability. There are many people that don’t even apply for a handicapped tag because they have invisible disabilities and they fear being mistaken for someone that is abusing the handicapped privileges.
There have been reports about people abusing handicapped parking and there are even Facebook pages dedicated to harrassing people and videos on YouTube of such incidents. It’s really a big issue in our country because strangers often bully people and even vandalize their cars when they don’t see that they have a physical disability.
Unfortunately, even though the tag has an image of a person in a wheelchair, having a handicap is not limited to those in a wheelchair. Many times people have problems with arthritis, memory problems, cancer, kidney failure and other diseases, which impairs them from walking long distances or even remembering where they parked their car.
Many times we have practice restraint when we see someone parking in a handicap spot and remember that there are invisible handicaps that even though you can’t see their physical pain, they are struggling to get through their day. While there still may be people that often borrow the cars with the handicapped tags, you should probably cut them some slack because even living with someone with a disability can be a difficult task.
