I agree 100% with mike700 it is a disgrace , but some seem to think it can just be ignored, brushed under the carpet and do not understand what it does to some who are struggling often with coming to terms with their disabilities not all are physical and often become mental one’s and the victimisation they tollerate is disgraceful and oftens adds to their issues. Just ignoring that is a disgrace, aceepting that you maybe abused as you have a disability is not on and by ignoring it and not calling it out or reporting it you are facilitating it and thats the only way it will stop. Even on this site some think it’s funny to have a joke at others expense, without thinking of what others maybe going thru mentally. My wife’s uncle has Parkinson’s pretty bad and the man we once knew ain’t there no more. My partners mum had a stroke few years ago now, and she wants to be dead really. My best friend of 25 years took his own life a few weeks ago, he’d just hit 60, he was a very nice but vulnerable person and always got taken advantage of, in some way or another. Which lead to many attempts at ending his life in the past. Thats the point no one really knows how bad a place someone is due to there condition/s.
I suppose I should have said not react rather than ignore, I will point at my wheelchair and my badge if challenged and state I have as much right as any other disabled person to park.
Re Parkinsons, I know that I have found my new symptoms difficult to deal with and that is without a diagnosis of Parkinsons. I can’t write with a pen and paper any more, holding a book is difficult and as touched upon in my previous post, socialising is not looked forward to in case I go ministry (our code word for when I get the uncontrollable jerks, tremors, loss or slurring of speech). It is absolutely isolating and coming on top of only just getting my head around the fact that no, I am not going to magically be able to walk like I did in my 20’s and some of my 30’s and had adapted to that, it’s a bit of a bitter blow and one hell of a downer.