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it's zip!

@IceNine I'd rather people didn't go around writing licences to guess who's legitimately disabled because that's a nuance most people seem to have missed

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IceNine

@zip

Ah yes, they do assume though eh. Loudly and opinionatedly - and worn it the last couple of times being in town (passenger is the permit holder, not I).

Some days people never cease to amaze me. *sigh*

it's zip!

@IceNine I'm a huge fan of being challenged on being able to walk and using a wheelchair, like yes I can walk but not far enough to be useful what the heck do they think the point of a mobility aid is

IceNine

@zip

Yeh, wife can only walk short distances. A little while ago we couldn't get a space because a couple had taken a mobility space because they "weren't being used" - they got aggressive when challenged, to put it mildly.

Wish they'd been at the place I know you'll get clamped in under 30 seconds for doing that.

IceNine

@zip

They can be indeed - that said, there's also the awesome workers armed with chicken biryani.

Aileen M

@zip @IceNine

I never know how far I can walk before my legs give up- I certainly don’t want to waste the steps I get that day on walking through a parking lot.

I use a cane for short distance, scooter for long. And people used to give me shit about using a scooter to pick up my kids because they saw me walking with a cane on a rare trip to a grocery store.

MS varies by person, symptoms vary by day. It would nice of people didn’t assume they know how every disability works.

it's zip!

@aintist @IceNine yup. I'm slowly building up range since my last crash -- so I'll do very local errands on foot but need the chair for range.

Tryst

@zip @IceNine Me: able to walk, climb stairs, etc., but unable to take a piss without medical intervention and requiring a clean environment to do so.

Certain colleagues: "You should be using the shit-encrusted stalls in the men's bathroom."

IceNine

@tryst

Some people really need to pull their heads in. Or spend a day in soemeone elses shoes eh.

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