I have a blue badge and drove to the shops today to get about 6 things. I parked in a disabled bay. A man in the passenger seat in the next car plus an older man in the car in front were both staring at me. The older man kept looking into his car and then back at me, he was saying something to the driver and then kept staring at me. They had just arrived and he wasn't moving away from the car. Clearly he was waiting for me to get out so he could lambast me for parking in a blue badge bay (and no he wasn't waiting for anyone else, as soon as I put the blue badge up and got out he walked off).
So I get this alot - you don't look disabled!
Well no, I probably don't because I have all my limbs and I assume that a vast majority of disabilities are invisible. So here are my best comebacks. Please share yours and feel free to steal any you like for future use!
- Thank you! I try not to let my disability define me as a person.
- oh! What DOES a disabled person look like?
- Well, you don't look like you say stupid things but you just did! Looks are deceptive aren't they?
Frustrated with pain today - not grumpy - just tired.