I've worked with people who were truly physically challenged - had the pass, the sticker, and the pain to go with it BUT who could nevertheless walk for 20 feet, or walk for an hour, but not stand still! Others who were (and are) pretty ambulatory so long as there is anything at all to hold onto. But use crutches to walk more 1 step away from a handhold.
Also, for some folks, the size of the car or the door matters waaay less the how high/low the car is, how far forward/back the seat goes, where the handholds are, etc.
Anon--I've spent a lot of time getting elderly relatives to and from doctor appointments and it was specifically the low-slung build of the car that struck me as unsuitable for handicapped transport. Point taken that there are more variations of disability than I can imagine.
Nice website, first time here. I wil add you to my favorites.
I have one replaced knee and the other to be done soon and I have a handicap sticker on my low slung Pontiac Grand Prix GT. It is all about getting in and out. I try not to use a handicapped space if I can find another spot because I like to try to walk when I can and there are others worse then myself and my wife who also qualifies for a sticker.
I use to get to your neck of the woods when I live downstate. I knew a girl in Terryville back in the 70's.
Don, interesting about trying not to use a space. When my wife takes her 92-year old mother to appointments, complete with wheelchair and home-care aide, she drops the pair off at the entrance and then parks in a regular space so the handicap spaces remain available for folks not so lucky as to have a daughter and helper taking care of them. Her mother gets mad and wants her to use the handicapped space because she's entitled to it...
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Possibly the person is legally blind.
My aunt who is in that situation has friends or people she hires drive her (in her own car) to shop or dine around Racine Wisconsin.
GT
GT, interesting possibility.
I've worked with people who were truly physically challenged - had the pass, the sticker, and the pain to go with it BUT who could nevertheless walk for 20 feet, or walk for an hour, but not stand still! Others who were (and are) pretty ambulatory so long as there is anything at all to hold onto. But use crutches to walk more 1 step away from a handhold.
Also, for some folks, the size of the car or the door matters waaay less the how high/low the car is, how far forward/back the seat goes, where the handholds are, etc.
So I'm not surprized at all.
Anon--I've spent a lot of time getting elderly relatives to and from doctor appointments and it was specifically the low-slung build of the car that struck me as unsuitable for handicapped transport. Point taken that there are more variations of disability than I can imagine.
Nice website, first time here. I wil add you to my favorites.
I have one replaced knee and the other to be done soon and I have a handicap sticker on my low slung Pontiac Grand Prix GT. It is all about getting in and out. I try not to use a handicapped space if I can find another spot because I like to try to walk when I can and there are others worse then myself and my wife who also qualifies for a sticker.
I use to get to your neck of the woods when I live downstate. I knew a girl in Terryville back in the 70's.
Don, interesting about trying not to use a space. When my wife takes her 92-year old mother to appointments, complete with wheelchair and home-care aide, she drops the pair off at the entrance and then parks in a regular space so the handicap spaces remain available for folks not so lucky as to have a daughter and helper taking care of them. Her mother gets mad and wants her to use the handicapped space because she's entitled to it...
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