A word about Handicapped Placards...

[riqster]

My handicap placard is because of my coronary insufficiencies, but those are of course largely invisible. However, if I over-exert, I will drop dead in my tracks. That is a pretty serious health issue. (My ICD will be implanted as soon as the insurer pulls its institutional thumb out).

And do I get looks? Oh fuck yeah, I get looks. People think they can fucking diagnose persons with physical limitations just by looking at us. Arrogant assholes...even qualified medical practitioners can't do an eyeball scan and see my cardiovascular issues. But far too many laypeople think they can do such an analysis. Fucking ridiculous.

When you see someone with such a placard, remember how little we can tell about a stranger's health via a glance.

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[stage left]

1. My husband's is because of COPD and bad knees

But he doesn't use oxygen or walk with a cane so it's not obvious.

[riqster]

5. I hear ya.

I just move kinda slowly.

Then there are the nimrods who see me get out of my car, placard displayed, and then honk, gesture and yell because I am taking to long to cross the parking lot and into the store. Dafuq?

[Nye Bevan]

2. There are plenty of invisible ailments, so I don't giare at anyone with a permit.

I do, however, give my worst possible stink-eye to those without permits who park in the handicapped spots anyway because they are simply too special to walk an extra 50 feet or so.

[riqster]

3. As do I.

In fact, I did the same even before my ticker decided to get all dramatic on me.

[KamaAina]

4. Another word: Disabled

The H-word is a period piece, like, say, hula hoops.

[riqster]

6. I prefer "handicapped", myself. Each to their own.

I can still work, after a fashion and with the required technology. To call myself "disabled" seems an overstatement.