What has to be wrong with you in order to qualify as a cripple?

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I know this question might offend some but I don't care. I think people 'claim' to be crippled just because they are too lazy to walk an extra minute. I work until midnight and all the parking stops are taken in the apartment complex when I get home except for this one handicapped spot. It is open every single night. The area I live in is not the safest and I do not appreciate having to park all the way by the dumpsters and walking in to my buliding at 1 a.m. Plus, because of my work schedule I usually do my grocery shopping at night and it's a far walk when you're carrying groceries. It's not fair that this lady gets a good spot and I don't believe she is handicapped. She is gone everynight and comes home around 9 am. When people are gone those hours it usually means 1 of 2 things: She's either screwing someone or works midnights. She can't be too handicapped! When you walk in our bulidings there are 2 options: upstairs or down. If she was so handicapped, wouldn't she pick a elevator

accessible building like the ones 5 minutes away? If she's so 'handicapped' how can she stay out all night and walk up and down steps but cannot walk a little further dist. to her building? I have called the corperate buliding to try and make it possible for everyone to have reserved parking but they refused. I also complained that the lighting was horrible in the parking lot and my car was broken into and there are crackheads always selling **** at night. I still have seven months on my lease so I am forced to stay in this hell hole. Does anyone know the requirements for being handicapped? I want a close parking spot. Can I claim asthma?

Oh yeah and she's not on oxygen, I've seen her before. She looks fine to me. Dumb broad

Answer 1

when my leg ws broken, I had a note from the doctor, then had to go down to the DMV on crutches to get the parking deal. it really helped having access to the good spots, but you'd be surprised how often they were still a long walk. She might have any number of none "visible " disabilities, like a bad heart or circulation, or maybe even panic disorder. Be thankful you don;t qualify for the blue spots....yet! Remeber not to judge until you "walk" a mile in someone elses' shoes!

Answer 2

First of all,the word "cripple" is not a very nice term.Sounds like you are very bitter and think you are owed the same rights as the handicapped person in your building.Those of us who are disabled,are not faking it to get a better parking spot.Perhaps you would like to switch places with us for just one week and see how it feels to live with a disability on a daily basis.You should be grateful you have two good legs to walk across the parking lot.I don't have that luxury.Maybe you would like to carry your groceries across the parking lot with one leg,like I have to do.Just because you can't see a persons disability,doesn't mean they are faking it.If your neighbor is working the midnight shift,good for her,at least she is out working.I always worked the midnight shift,less time to have to be on my feet.And if she is out screwing someone,even better for her,that is none of your business.Try having a little compassion towards someone who has a disability,it can happen to you in the blink of an eye.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

i had to have a paper signed by my doctor, and it had to be backed up by xrays that the inside of my knee joint is totally destroyed and i walk with a cane , i couldnt walk up a flight of stairs to live in an upstairs apartment at all. however that lady may work nights on a phone bank.

Answer 5

The problem actually isn't with the person who has accessible (handicapped) parking plates or tags, it's with the building codes for accessible parking.

I used to work for my county government, and we were pretty annoyed when they moved our accessible parking a loooong way away from the front door of the building. The people who needed to use that parking were pretty annoyed, as well, as they had to walk a long distance. The problem was that the original accessible parking was on a very slight slope, and that's a no-no. The new parking spaces were as far away from the front door as is allowed by law, but they were darn level. I always thought it was ridiculous, but that's the legal requirement.

As far as what you have to have to qualify for special plates or placards, you need to keep in mind that there are a lot of things that go into it, and the problem isn't always obvious. Naturally, there are people who have had strokes or serious joint injuries and who need to walk with the assistance of a cane or walker. But there are also people who qualify because of stuff you cannot see, such as heart conditions, brain injuries which affect balance and coordination, chronic lung diseases, and simply having conditions which don't allow them to walk too far.

States are not generous with handicapped plates or placard, either. I know because my mother has them. She has had several strokes, and they affect her balance. On a good day, she can walk to the end of our block, but she has to go slow, and she often has to rest on the way back to the house. If she didn't have those parking privileges, she'd be screwed. When she got her parking placards, she had to have extensive medical proof that she needed them, as well as letters from several of her doctors, and even then, they looked into her case very extensively before giving them to her.
And you know what? I know a woman with severe asthma (since you mention it) who has to have 4 nebulizer treatments daily, and who takes inhaled steroids, and she cannot get one. You know why? Because if she has an asthma attack, she can take a fast-acting inhaler and get where she's going, even if she collapses when she gets there. So while I understand your frustration, I think you might be misjudging the situation.

My guess is the lady you are talking about works the graveyard shift, and that's why her spot is always open at night. Since I am sure she had to go through a lot of trouble to get it, I am pretty sure she isn't faking.

Can you talk to the company that owns your building complex and see if they will agree to assign parking spaces? Here where I live, that's the law. Every apartment has to have one space assigned to them, and other parking is up for grabs. At some places, where space allows, each apartment is assigned two spaces. Try working with them and seeing if they will assign parking. It's pretty simple to simply number the parking spots, and tell everyone where they can and cannot park, especially since it's private property. Tell them about your concerns about walking a long distance in the dark in the middle of the night. I am sure they would prefer to have assigned parking rather than have a black eye because someone was attacked while walking through the lot late at night. The truth is, you have a better chance of making a change that way than you do of faking your way through claim for the need for accessible parking.

I just went back and read your extra details after I posted my answer. You need to talk to your local government. If there are people dealing drugs, and cars being broken into, and lights burned out, your landlord is not operating a safe living premises. They either need to fix that stuff, which they will do if forced by your local government, or you can use it as a premise to get out of your lease. A friend of mine lived in some fairly expensive apartments, and they signed a two-year lease. After they had been there about six months, a bunch of houses were torn down up the street, and a commercial area was put in. The apartment complex turned into a crap hole overnight. They had drug dealers in the lot after dark, and a constant stream of people driving through to buy their drugs. She actually took the garbage out one night and found a hooker servicing a customer behind the dumpster. She complained to the city, and kept at them, and the apartment complex finally was required by the city to either clean it up or they'd get shut down. They ended up having to hire private secuirty to patrol the complex in cars and on foot, and that really helped things out. The corporate people are going to refuse one little voice (yours), but they aren't going to refuse a much bigger voice (your city government) because they can be subject to fines and all sorts of stuff. Work the "fix this dump up" angle, and work it hard. They're taking your money, right? Force them to give you a safe place to live in return. It's your right.